#49A8D8#49A8D8

#49A8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8D8
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -13.11, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 35.09, 248.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0669 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.113 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1401, 34.3765, 70.0520)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8D8 #D87949

analogous

#49D8C1 #49A8D8 #4961D8

triadic

#49A8D8 #D849A8 #A8D849

tetradic

#49A8D8 #C149D8 #D87949 #61D849

square

#49A8D8 #C149D8 #D87949 #61D849

split-complementary

#49A8D8 #D84961 #D8C149

monochromatic

#1D6589 #288ABC #49A8D8 #7BC0E3 #AED8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#49A8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#49A8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8D8

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8D8	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e4',
    500: '#49a8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8d8;
$custom-light: #8bc1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.14,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69478,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8D8

secondary

#DCB5A1

accent

#7840E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8D8

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

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