#49ABD4#49ABD4

#49ABD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.109 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABD4
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -16.01, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 33.33, 241.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0714 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.109 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1895, 35.2926, 67.5484)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABD4 #D47249

analogous

#49D4B7 #49ABD4 #4965D4

triadic

#49ABD4 #D449AB #ABD449

tetradic

#49ABD4 #B749D4 #D47249 #65D449

square

#49ABD4 #B749D4 #D47249 #65D449

split-complementary

#49ABD4 #D44965 #D4B749

monochromatic

#1F6684 #2B8CB5 #49ABD4 #7BC2E0 #ACD9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#49ABD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#49ABD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABD4

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABD4	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.109 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e1',
    500: '#49abd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abd4;
$custom-light: #8ac4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69996,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABD4

secondary

#D9B1A0

accent

#7343E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABD4

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

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