#49A5E6#49A5E6

#49A5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.129 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5E6
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -6.86, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 41.26, 260.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0593 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.129 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4802, 34.0366, 79.8109)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5E6 #E68A49

analogous

#49E6D9 #49A5E6 #4957E6

triadic

#49A5E6 #E649A5 #A5E649

tetradic

#49A5E6 #D949E6 #E68A49 #57E649

square

#49A5E6 #D949E6 #E68A49 #57E649

split-complementary

#49A5E6 #E64957 #E6D949

monochromatic

#16669F #1D89D5 #49A5E6 #7FC0ED #B5DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#49A5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#49A5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5E6

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5E6	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7297E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.129 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfee',
    500: '#49a5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5e6;
$custom-light: #8cbfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.841,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69462,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5E6

secondary

#E4C0A7

accent

#8435F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5E6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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