#49A6E0#49A6E0

#49A6E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.122 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A6E0
RGB	rgb(73, 166, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -9.41, -37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 38.51, 255.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0622 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.122 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8332, 34.0675, 75.5100)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A6E0 #E08349

analogous

#49E0CE #49A6E0 #495AE0

triadic

#49A6E0 #E049A6 #A6E049

tetradic

#49A6E0 #CE49E0 #E08349 #5AE049

square

#49A6E0 #CE49E0 #E08349 #5AE049

split-complementary

#49A6E0 #E0495A #E0CE49

monochromatic

#196695 #2289C9 #49A6E0 #7DC0E9 #B2D9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#49A6E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#49A6E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A6E0

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A6E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A6E0	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)

#8BA6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7697DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a6e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 166, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.122 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0ea',
    500: '#49a6e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a6e0;
$custom-light: #8cc0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a6e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.046,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69395,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A6E0

secondary

#E0BBA4

accent

#7F3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A6E0

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

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