#49A8D6#49A8D6

#49A8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8D6
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 214)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -13.76, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 34.44, 246.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0676 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.111 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8831, 34.2737, 68.6986)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8D6 #D67749

analogous

#49D6BD #49A8D6 #4962D6

triadic

#49A8D6 #D649A8 #A8D649

tetradic

#49A8D6 #BD49D6 #D67749 #62D649

square

#49A8D6 #BD49D6 #D67749 #62D649

split-complementary

#49A8D6 #D64962 #D6BD49

monochromatic

#1E6486 #2A8AB8 #49A8D6 #7BC0E1 #ADD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#49A8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#49A8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8D6

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8D6	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E98D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e2',
    500: '#49a8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8d6;
$custom-light: #8ac1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.574,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69387,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8D6

secondary

#DAB3A0

accent

#7742E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8D6

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

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