#49ABD3#49ABD3

#49ABD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.108 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABD3
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 19%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -16.32, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 33.06, 240.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0717 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.108 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0638, 35.2423, 66.8861)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABD3 #D37149

analogous

#49D3B6 #49ABD3 #4966D3

triadic

#49ABD3 #D349AB #ABD349

tetradic

#49ABD3 #B649D3 #D37149 #66D349

square

#49ABD3 #B649D3 #D37149 #66D349

split-complementary

#49ABD3 #D34966 #D3B649

monochromatic

#1F6682 #2B8CB3 #49ABD3 #7AC2DF #ACD8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#49ABD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#49ABD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABD3

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABD3	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.108 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e0',
    500: '#49abd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abd3;
$custom-light: #8ac4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69952,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABD3

secondary

#D9B09F

accent

#7244E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABD3

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

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