#49A8DD#49A8DD

#49A8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8DD
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -11.49, -34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 36.83, 251.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0652 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.118 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7964, 34.6390, 73.5083)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8DD #DD7E49

analogous

#49DDC8 #49A8DD #495EDD

triadic

#49A8DD #DD49A8 #A8DD49

tetradic

#49A8DD #C849DD #DD7E49 #5EDD49

square

#49A8DD #C849DD #DD7E49 #5EDD49

split-complementary

#49A8DD #DD495E #DDC849

monochromatic

#1B6691 #258BC4 #49A8DD #7DC1E7 #B0D9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#49A8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#49A8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8DD

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8DD	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e7',
    500: '#49a8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8dd;
$custom-light: #8bc1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.486,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6971,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8DD

secondary

#DFB8A3

accent

#7B3CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8DD

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

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