#49AADD#49AADD

#49AADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.117 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AADD
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -12.58, -34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 36.34, 249.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0672 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.117 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1684, 35.3831, 73.6323)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AADD #DD7C49

analogous

#49DDC6 #49AADD #4960DD

triadic

#49AADD #DD49AA #AADD49

tetradic

#49AADD #C649DD #DD7C49 #60DD49

square

#49AADD #C649DD #DD7C49 #60DD49

split-complementary

#49AADD #DD4960 #DDC649

monochromatic

#1B6891 #258DC4 #49AADD #7DC2E7 #B0DAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#49AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#49AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AADD

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AADD	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.117 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3e7',
    500: '#49aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aadd;
$custom-light: #8bc3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.676,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70171,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AADD

secondary

#DFB8A3

accent

#793CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AADD

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

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