#49AAD4#49AAD4

#49AAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AAD4
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 19.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -15.47, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 33.48, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0703 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.109 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0013, 34.9163, 67.4857)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AAD4 #D47349

analogous

#49D4B8 #49AAD4 #4964D4

triadic

#49AAD4 #D449AA #AAD449

tetradic

#49AAD4 #B849D4 #D47349 #64D449

square

#49AAD4 #B849D4 #D47349 #64D449

split-complementary

#49AAD4 #D44964 #D4B849

monochromatic

#1F6584 #2B8BB5 #49AAD4 #7BC1E0 #ACD8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#49AAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#49AAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AAD4

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AAD4	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)

#95A8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3e1',
    500: '#49aad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aad4;
$custom-light: #8ac3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.129,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69763,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AAD4

secondary

#D9B1A0

accent

#7443E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AAD4

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

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