#49AAD8#49AAD8

#49AAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.112 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AAD8
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -14.19, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 34.69, 245.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0689 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.112 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5122, 35.1206, 70.1761)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AAD8 #D87749

analogous

#49D8BF #49AAD8 #4963D8

triadic

#49AAD8 #D849AA #AAD849

tetradic

#49AAD8 #BF49D8 #D87749 #63D849

square

#49AAD8 #BF49D8 #D87749 #63D849

split-complementary

#49AAD8 #D84963 #D8BF49

monochromatic

#1D6789 #288CBC #49AAD8 #7BC2E3 #AED9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#49AAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#49AAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AAD8

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AAD8	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.112 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3e4',
    500: '#49aad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aad8;
$custom-light: #8bc3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.301,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69942,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AAD8

secondary

#DCB4A1

accent

#7640E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AAD8

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

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