#49A6DC#49A6DC

#49A6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.118 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A6DC
RGBrgb(73, 166, 220)
HSLhsl(202, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(202, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(64.85, -10.72, -35.41)
CIE-LCHlch(64.85, 36.99, 253.15°)
OKLaboklab(69.2% -0.0635 -0.0996)
OKLCHoklch(69.2% 0.118 237.5)
XYZxyz(29.2971, 33.8531, 72.6866)
Luminance0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A6DC #DC7F49
analogous
#49DCC9 #49A6DC #495CDC
triadic
#49A6DC #DC49A6 #A6DC49
tetradic
#49A6DC #C949DC #DC7F49 #5CDC49
square
#49A6DC #C949DC #DC7F49 #5CDC49
split-complementary
#49A6DC #DC495C #DCC949
monochromatic
#1C658F #2589C2 #49A6DC #7CBFE6 #B0D8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70
#49A6DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77
#49A6DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A6DC
7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A6DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A6DC1.002.707.777.77
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7721.001.001.00
##0000007.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8DA5DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7897DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 166, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.118 237.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0e7',
    500: '#49a6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a6dc;
$custom-light: #8bc0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.041,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69204,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A6DC
secondary
#DEB9A3
accent
#7D3DEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F7FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

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#49A6DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva