#49A9D8#49A9D8

#49A9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.113 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A9D8
RGB	rgb(73, 169, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 21.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -13.65, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 34.88, 246.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0679 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.113 233)
XYZ	xyz(29.3254, 34.7471, 70.1138)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A9D8 #D87849

analogous

#49D8BF #49A9D8 #4962D8

triadic

#49A9D8 #D849A9 #A9D849

tetradic

#49A9D8 #BF49D8 #D87849 #62D849

square

#49A9D8 #BF49D8 #D87849 #62D849

split-complementary

#49A9D8 #D84962 #D8BF49

monochromatic

#1D6689 #288BBC #49A9D8 #7BC1E3 #AED9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#49A9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#49A9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A9D8

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A9D8	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)

#92A7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E99D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 169, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.113 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2e4',
    500: '#49a9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a9d8;
$custom-light: #8bc2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.72,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6971,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.3475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A9D8

secondary

#DCB4A1

accent

#7740E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A9D8

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

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