#49A9D4#49A9D4

#49A9D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.109 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A9D4
RGB	rgb(73, 169, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -14.94, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 33.64, 243.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0693 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.109 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8146, 34.5428, 67.4234)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A9D4 #D47449

analogous

#49D4B9 #49A9D4 #4963D4

triadic

#49A9D4 #D449A9 #A9D449

tetradic

#49A9D4 #B949D4 #D47449 #63D449

square

#49A9D4 #B949D4 #D47449 #63D449

split-complementary

#49A9D4 #D44963 #D4B949

monochromatic

#1F6484 #2B8AB5 #49A9D4 #7BC0E0 #ACD8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#49A9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#49A9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A9D4

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A9D4	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8099D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 169, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.109 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2e1',
    500: '#49a9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a9d4;
$custom-light: #8ac2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.561,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69529,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A9D4

secondary

#D9B1A0

accent

#7543E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A9D4

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

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