#49A8D9#49A8D9

#49A8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8D9
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -12.79, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 35.43, 248.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0665 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.114 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2698, 34.4284, 70.7350)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8D9 #D97A49

analogous

#49D9C2 #49A8D9 #4960D9

triadic

#49A8D9 #D949A8 #A8D949

tetradic

#49A8D9 #C249D9 #D97A49 #60D949

square

#49A8D9 #C249D9 #D97A49 #60D949

split-complementary

#49A8D9 #D94960 #D9C249

monochromatic

#1D658B #288ABD #49A8D9 #7CC0E4 #AED8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#49A8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#49A8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8D9

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8D9	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e5',
    500: '#49a8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8d9;
$custom-light: #8bc1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.417,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69524,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8D9

secondary

#DCB6A2

accent

#793FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8D9

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

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