#49a6d8

Color #49a6d8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 13.27 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#49a6d8

RGB

rgb(73, 166, 216)

HSL

hsl(201, 64.7%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201, 66.2%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(64.68, -12.02, -33.46)

LCH

lch(64.68, 35.55, 250.24)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.1141, 235.35)

HWB

hwb(201, 28.6%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d87b49

Analogous

#49d8c3

#49a6d8

#495fd8

Triadic

#49a6d8

#d849a6

#a6d849

Split-complementary

#49a6d8

#d8495f

#d8c349

Tetradic

#49a6d8

#7b49d8

#d87b49

#a6d849

Square

#49a6d8

#c349d8

#d87b49

#5fd849

Shades

Color #49a6d8 mixed toward black.

#2b90c6

#22739f

#1a5677

#113a4f

#091d28

Tints

Color #49a6d8 mixed toward white.

#67b5df

#86c4e5

#a4d3ec

#c2e1f2

#e1f0f9

Tones

Color #49a6d8 mixed toward gray.

#55a2cc

#619fc0

#6d9bb4

#7998a8

#85949c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7dcd · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#7770cb · ΔE 23.9

Tritanopia

#51c4c2 · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #49a6d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#49a6d8]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#49a6d8 (#49a6d8) is rgb(73, 166, 216) in RGB.

No, #49a6d8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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