#49A9DB#49A9DB

#49A9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A9DB
RGB	rgb(73, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -12.68, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 35.88, 249.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0669 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.116 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7168, 34.9037, 72.1751)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A9DB #DB7B49

analogous

#49DBC4 #49A9DB #4960DB

triadic

#49A9DB #DB49A9 #A9DB49

tetradic

#49A9DB #C449DB #DB7B49 #60DB49

square

#49A9DB #C449DB #DB7B49 #60DB49

split-complementary

#49A9DB #DB4960 #DBC449

monochromatic

#1C678E #268CC1 #49A9DB #7CC1E5 #AFD9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#49A9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#49A9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A9DB

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A9DB	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2e6',
    500: '#49a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a9db;
$custom-light: #8bc2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.548,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69848,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A9DB

secondary

#DDB7A2

accent

#793EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A9DB

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

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