#49A8D4#49A8D4

#49A8D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.110 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8D4
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -14.40, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 33.81, 244.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0683 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.11 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6293, 34.1722, 67.3617)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8D4 #D47549

analogous

#49D4BB #49A8D4 #4962D4

triadic

#49A8D4 #D449A8 #A8D449

tetradic

#49A8D4 #BB49D4 #D47549 #62D449

square

#49A8D4 #BB49D4 #D47549 #62D449

split-complementary

#49A8D4 #D44962 #D4BB49

monochromatic

#1F6484 #2B89B5 #49A8D4 #7BC0E0 #ACD7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#49A8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#49A8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8D4

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8D4	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.110 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e1',
    500: '#49a8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8d4;
$custom-light: #8ac1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.993,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69297,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8D4

secondary

#D9B2A0

accent

#7643E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8D4

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

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