#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
RGBrgb(73, 166, 224)
HSLhsl(203, 71%, 58%)
HSVhsv(203, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(65.02, -9.41, -37.35)
CIE-LCHlch(65.02, 38.51, 255.86°)
OKLaboklab(69.4% -0.0622 -0.1052)
OKLCHoklch(69.4% 0.122 239.4)
XYZxyz(29.8332, 34.0675, 75.5100)
Luminance0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##49A6E01.002.697.817.81
#FFFFFF2.691.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8121.001.001.00
##0000007.8121.001.001.00

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

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#49A6E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva