#49ABD8#49ABD8

#49ABD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.112 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABD8
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -14.73, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 34.50, 244.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0699 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.112 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7003, 35.4970, 70.2388)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABD8 #D87649

analogous

#49D8BE #49ABD8 #4964D8

triadic

#49ABD8 #D849AB #ABD849

tetradic

#49ABD8 #BE49D8 #D87649 #64D849

square

#49ABD8 #BE49D8 #D87649 #64D849

split-complementary

#49ABD8 #D84964 #D8BE49

monochromatic

#1D6789 #288DBC #49ABD8 #7BC2E3 #AEDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49ABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#49ABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABD8

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABD8	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.112 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e4',
    500: '#49abd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abd8;
$custom-light: #8bc4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.881,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70174,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABD8

secondary

#DCB4A1

accent

#7540E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABD8

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

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