#49A7E2#49A7E2

#49A7E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.124 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A7E2
RGB	rgb(73, 167, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -9.30, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 38.99, 256.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0626 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.124 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2885, 34.5416, 77.0077)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A7E2 #E28449

analogous

#49E2D0 #49A7E2 #495AE2

triadic

#49A7E2 #E249A7 #A7E249

tetradic

#49A7E2 #D049E2 #E28449 #5AE249

square

#49A7E2 #D049E2 #E28449 #5AE249

split-complementary

#49A7E2 #E2495A #E2D049

monochromatic

#186798 #218BCD #49A7E2 #7EC1EA #B3DAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#49A7E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#49A7E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A7E2

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A7E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A7E2	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#8CA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7798E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a7e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 167, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.124 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1eb',
    500: '#49a7e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a7e2;
$custom-light: #8cc1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a7e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.137,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6972,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A7E2

secondary

#E2BCA5

accent

#7F39EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A7E2

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

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