#49A9DD#49A9DD

#49A9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.117 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A9DD
RGB	rgb(73, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -12.03, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 36.58, 250.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0662 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.117 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9817, 35.0096, 73.5700)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A9DD #DD7D49

analogous

#49DDC7 #49A9DD #495FDD

triadic

#49A9DD #DD49A9 #A9DD49

tetradic

#49A9DD #C749DD #DD7D49 #5FDD49

square

#49A9DD #C749DD #DD7D49 #5FDD49

split-complementary

#49A9DD #DD495F #DDC749

monochromatic

#1B6791 #258CC4 #49A9DD #7DC1E7 #B0DAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#49A9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#49A9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A9DD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A9DD	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.117 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2e7',
    500: '#49a9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a9dd;
$custom-light: #8bc2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69941,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A9DD

secondary

#DFB8A3

accent

#7A3CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A9DD

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

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