#49A7E0#49A7E0

#49A7E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.122 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A7E0
RGB	rgb(73, 167, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -9.96, -36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 38.22, 254.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0632 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.122 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0157, 34.4325, 75.5708)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A7E0 #E08249

analogous

#49E0CD #49A7E0 #495BE0

triadic

#49A7E0 #E049A7 #A7E049

tetradic

#49A7E0 #CD49E0 #E08249 #5BE049

square

#49A7E0 #CD49E0 #E08249 #5BE049

split-complementary

#49A7E0 #E0495B #E0CD49

monochromatic

#196695 #228AC9 #49A7E0 #7DC0E9 #B2DAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#49A7E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#49A7E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A7E0

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A7E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A7E0	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7898DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a7e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 167, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.122 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1ea',
    500: '#49a7e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a7e0;
$custom-light: #8cc1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a7e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.649,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69623,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A7E0

secondary

#E0BBA4

accent

#7E3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A7E0

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

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