#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
RGB	rgb(73, 166, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -10.72, -35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 36.99, 253.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0635 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.118 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2971, 33.8531, 72.6866)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##49A6DC	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A6DC

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

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