#49ABD9#49ABD9

#49ABD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.113 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABD9
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -14.41, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 34.81, 245.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0696 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.113 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8300, 35.5488, 70.9217)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABD9 #D97749

analogous

#49D9BF #49ABD9 #4963D9

triadic

#49ABD9 #D949AB #ABD949

tetradic

#49ABD9 #BF49D9 #D97749 #63D949

square

#49ABD9 #BF49D9 #D97749 #63D949

split-complementary

#49ABD9 #D94963 #D9BF49

monochromatic

#1D688B #288DBD #49ABD9 #7CC2E4 #AEDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49ABD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#49ABD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABD9

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABD9	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.113 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e5',
    500: '#49abd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abd9;
$custom-light: #8bc4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.167,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70219,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABD9

secondary

#DCB4A2

accent

#753FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABD9

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

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