#49ABDB#49ABDB

#49ABDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.115 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABDB
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -13.77, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 35.45, 247.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0689 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.115 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0917, 35.6535, 72.3000)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABDB #DB7949

analogous

#49DBC2 #49ABDB #4962DB

triadic

#49ABDB #DB49AB #ABDB49

tetradic

#49ABDB #C249DB #DB7949 #62DB49

square

#49ABDB #C249DB #DB7949 #62DB49

split-complementary

#49ABDB #DB4962 #DBC249

monochromatic

#1C688E #268EC1 #49ABDB #7CC3E5 #AFDAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#49ABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#49ABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABDB

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABDB	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.115 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e6',
    500: '#49abdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abdb;
$custom-light: #8bc4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.726,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7031,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABDB

secondary

#DDB6A2

accent

#763EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABDB

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

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