#49A6E9#49A6E9

#49A6E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.132 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A6E9
RGBrgb(73, 166, 233)
HSLhsl(205, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(205, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.41, -6.42, -41.68)
CIE-LCHlch(65.41, 42.17, 261.24°)
OKLaboklab(69.84% -0.0594 -0.1177)
OKLCHoklch(69.84% 0.132 243.2)
XYZxyz(31.0862, 34.5687, 82.1091)
Luminance0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A6E9 #E98C49
analogous
#49E9DC #49A6E9 #4956E9
triadic
#49A6E9 #E949A6 #A6E949
tetradic
#49A6E9 #DC49E9 #E98C49 #56E949
square
#49A6E9 #DC49E9 #E98C49 #56E949
split-complementary
#49A6E9 #E94956 #E9DC49
monochromatic
#1467A4 #1A8ADA #49A6E9 #80C1F0 #B6DBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65
#49A6E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91
#49A6E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A6E9
7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A6E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A6E91.002.657.917.91
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9121.001.001.00
##0000007.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#88A7EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7298E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 166, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.132 243.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc0f0',
    500: '#49a6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a6e9;
$custom-light: #8dc0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.125,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69838,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A6E9
secondary
#E6C2A8
accent
#8433F5
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#49A6E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva