#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
RGB	rgb(73, 166, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -6.42, -41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 42.17, 261.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0594 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.132 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0862, 34.5687, 82.1091)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49A6E9	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49A6E9

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

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