#49A9D5#49A9D5

#49A9D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.110 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A9D5
RGBrgb(73, 169, 213)
HSLhsl(199, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(199, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(65.43, -14.62, -30.63)
CIE-LCHlch(65.43, 33.94, 244.49°)
OKLaboklab(69.57% -0.069 -0.0858)
OKLCHoklch(69.57% 0.11 231.2)
XYZxyz(28.9411, 34.5934, 68.0898)
Luminance0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A9D5 #D57549
analogous
#49D5BB #49A9D5 #4963D5
triadic
#49A9D5 #D549A9 #A9D549
tetradic
#49A9D5 #BB49D5 #D57549 #63D549
square
#49A9D5 #BB49D5 #D57549 #63D549
split-complementary
#49A9D5 #D54963 #D5BB49
monochromatic
#1F6585 #2A8AB7 #49A9D5 #7BC0E0 #ACD8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65
#49A9D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92
#49A9D5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A9D5
7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A9D5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A9D51.002.657.927.92
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9221.001.001.00
##0000007.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93A7D7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8099D4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 169, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.110 231.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2e2',
    500: '#49a9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a9d5;
$custom-light: #8ac2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69574,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A9D5
secondary
#DAB2A0
accent
#7642E6
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#49A9D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva