#49A8DC#49A8DC

#49A8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8DC
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -11.81, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 36.47, 251.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0655 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.117 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6635, 34.5859, 72.8087)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8DC #DC7D49

analogous

#49DCC6 #49A8DC #495FDC

triadic

#49A8DC #DC49A8 #A8DC49

tetradic

#49A8DC #C649DC #DC7D49 #5FDC49

square

#49A8DC #C649DC #DC7D49 #5FDC49

split-complementary

#49A8DC #DC495F #DCC649

monochromatic

#1C668F #258BC2 #49A8DC #7CC1E6 #B0D9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#49A8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#49A8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8DC

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8DC	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e7',
    500: '#49a8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8dc;
$custom-light: #8bc1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.224,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69664,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8DC

secondary

#DEB8A3

accent

#7B3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8DC

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

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