#49A8DA#49A8DA

#49A8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8DA
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -12.46, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 35.77, 249.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0662 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.115 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4002, 34.4805, 71.4220)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8DA #DA7B49

analogous

#49DAC4 #49A8DA #495FDA

triadic

#49A8DA #DA49A8 #A8DA49

tetradic

#49A8DA #C449DA #DA7B49 #5FDA49

square

#49A8DA #C449DA #DA7B49 #5FDA49

split-complementary

#49A8DA #DA495F #DAC449

monochromatic

#1C668C #278BBF #49A8DA #7CC0E4 #AFD9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#49A8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#49A8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8DA

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8DA	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e5',
    500: '#49a8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8da;
$custom-light: #8bc1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69571,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8DA

secondary

#DDB6A2

accent

#793FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8DA

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

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