#49A8DF#49A8DF

#49A8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.120 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A8DF
RGBrgb(73, 168, 223)
HSLhsl(202, 70%, 58%)
HSVhsv(202, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(65.55, -10.84, -35.96)
CIE-LCHlch(65.55, 37.56, 253.23°)
OKLaboklab(69.8% -0.0645 -0.1012)
OKLCHoklch(69.8% 0.12 237.5)
XYZxyz(30.0644, 34.7462, 74.9200)
Luminance0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A8DF #DF8049
analogous
#49DFCB #49A8DF #495DDF
triadic
#49A8DF #DF49A8 #A8DF49
tetradic
#49A8DF #CB49DF #DF8049 #5DDF49
square
#49A8DF #CB49DF #DF8049 #5DDF49
split-complementary
#49A8DF #DF495D #DFCB49
monochromatic
#1A6794 #238BC8 #49A8DF #7DC1E8 #B1DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64
#49A8DF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95
#49A8DF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8DF
7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A8DF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A8DF1.002.647.957.95
#FFFFFF2.641.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9521.001.001.00
##0000007.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8EA7E2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A99DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.120 237.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1e9',
    500: '#49a8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a8df;
$custom-light: #8cc1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69805,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A8DF
secondary
#E0BAA4
accent
#7C3BED
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

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#49A8DF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva