#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
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 223)
HSL	hsl(202, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -10.84, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 37.56, 253.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0645 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.12 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0644, 34.7462, 74.9200)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49A8DF	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8DF

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

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