#49A6DF#49A6DF

#49A6DF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A6DF
RGB	rgb(73, 166, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 25.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -9.74, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 38.13, 255.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0625 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.121 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6980, 34.0134, 74.7978)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A6DF #DF8249

analogous

#49DFCD #49A6DF #495BDF

triadic

#49A6DF #DF49A6 #A6DF49

tetradic

#49A6DF #CD49DF #DF8249 #5BDF49

square

#49A6DF #CD49DF #DF8249 #5BDF49

split-complementary

#49A6DF #DF495B #DFCD49

monochromatic

#1A6594 #2389C8 #49A6DF #7DBFE8 #B1D9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#49A6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#49A6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A6DF

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A6DF	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7797DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 166, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0e9',
    500: '#49a6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a6df;
$custom-light: #8cc0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.8,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69347,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A6DF

secondary

#E0BBA4

accent

#7F3BED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A6DF

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

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