#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
RGB	rgb(73, 169, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -14.62, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 33.94, 244.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.069 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.11 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9411, 34.5934, 68.0898)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49A9D5	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49A9D5

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

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