#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
RGBrgb(73, 168, 216)
HSLhsl(200, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(200, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.26, -13.11, -32.55)
CIE-LCHlch(65.26, 35.09, 248.06°)
OKLaboklab(69.48% -0.0669 -0.0913)
OKLCHoklch(69.48% 0.113 233.8)
XYZxyz(29.1401, 34.3765, 70.0520)
Luminance0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##49A8D81.002.677.887.88
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8821.001.001.00
##0000007.8821.001.001.00

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

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#49A8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva