#49A8D5#49A8D5

#49A8D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.110 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8D5
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -14.08, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 34.12, 245.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0679 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.11 232)
XYZ	xyz(28.7558, 34.2228, 68.0281)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8D5 #D57649

analogous

#49D5BC #49A8D5 #4962D5

triadic

#49A8D5 #D549A8 #A8D549

tetradic

#49A8D5 #BC49D5 #D57649 #62D549

square

#49A8D5 #BC49D5 #D57649 #62D549

split-complementary

#49A8D5 #D54962 #D5BC49

monochromatic

#1F6485 #2A89B7 #49A8D5 #7BC0E0 #ACD8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#49A8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#49A8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8D5

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8D5	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E98D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.110 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e2',
    500: '#49a8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8d5;
$custom-light: #8ac1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69342,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.34226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8D5

secondary

#DAB3A0

accent

#7742E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8D5

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

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