#49ABDD#49ABDD

#49ABDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.116 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABDD
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -13.12, -33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 36.11, 248.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0682 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.116 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3566, 35.7595, 73.6950)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABDD #DD7B49

analogous

#49DDC5 #49ABDD #4961DD

triadic

#49ABDD #DD49AB #ABDD49

tetradic

#49ABDD #C549DD #DD7B49 #61DD49

square

#49ABDD #C549DD #DD7B49 #61DD49

split-complementary

#49ABDD #DD4961 #DDC549

monochromatic

#1B6991 #258EC4 #49ABDD #7DC3E7 #B0DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#49ABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#49ABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABDD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABDD	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.116 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e7',
    500: '#49abdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abdd;
$custom-light: #8bc4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.27,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70402,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABDD

secondary

#DFB7A3

accent

#783CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABDD

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

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