#49ABD6#49ABD6

#49ABD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.110 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABD6
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -15.37, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 33.90, 243.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0706 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.11 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4434, 35.3942, 68.8853)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABD6 #D67449

analogous

#49D6BB #49ABD6 #4965D6

triadic

#49ABD6 #D649AB #ABD649

tetradic

#49ABD6 #BB49D6 #D67449 #65D649

square

#49ABD6 #BB49D6 #D67449 #65D649

split-complementary

#49ABD6 #D64965 #D6BB49

monochromatic

#1E6786 #2A8DB8 #49ABD6 #7BC2E1 #ADD9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#49ABD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#49ABD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABD6

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABD6	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)

#95A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.110 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e2',
    500: '#49abd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abd6;
$custom-light: #8bc4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.298,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70084,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABD6

secondary

#DAB2A0

accent

#7442E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABD6

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

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