#49A7DC#49A7DC

#49A7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A7DC
RGB	rgb(73, 167, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -11.27, -34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 36.73, 252.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0645 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.118 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4796, 34.2181, 72.7474)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A7DC #DC7E49

analogous

#49DCC8 #49A7DC #495DDC

triadic

#49A7DC #DC49A7 #A7DC49

tetradic

#49A7DC #C849DC #DC7E49 #5DDC49

square

#49A7DC #C849DC #DC7E49 #5DDC49

split-complementary

#49A7DC #DC495D #DCC849

monochromatic

#1C658F #258AC2 #49A7DC #7CC0E6 #B0D9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#49A7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#49A7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A7DC

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A7DC	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 167, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e7',
    500: '#49a7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a7dc;
$custom-light: #8bc1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.633,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69433,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A7DC

secondary

#DEB8A3

accent

#7C3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A7DC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →