#49ACDB#49ACDB

#49ACDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.114 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACDB
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -14.30, -32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 35.25, 246.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0699 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.114 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2813, 36.0327, 72.3632)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACDB #DB7849

analogous

#49DBC1 #49ACDB #4963DB

triadic

#49ACDB #DB49AC #ACDB49

tetradic

#49ACDB #C149DB #DB7849 #63DB49

square

#49ACDB #C149DB #DB7849 #63DB49

split-complementary

#49ACDB #DB4963 #DBC149

monochromatic

#1C698E #268FC1 #49ACDB #7CC3E5 #AFDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49ACDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#49ACDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACDB

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACDB	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.114 232.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.315,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70541,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACDB

secondary

#DDB5A2

accent

#753EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACDB

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

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