#49ACDD#49ACDD

#49ACDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.116 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACDD
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 22.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -13.66, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 35.89, 247.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0692 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.116 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5462, 36.1387, 73.7582)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACDD #DD7A49

analogous

#49DDC4 #49ACDD #4962DD

triadic

#49ACDD #DD49AC #ACDD49

tetradic

#49ACDD #C449DD #DD7A49 #62DD49

square

#49ACDD #C449DD #DD7A49 #62DD49

split-complementary

#49ACDD #DD4962 #DDC449

monochromatic

#1B6A91 #258FC4 #49ACDD #7DC4E7 #B0DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49ACDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#49ACDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACDD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACDD	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.116 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4e7',
    500: '#49acdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49acdd;
$custom-light: #8cc4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.865,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70632,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACDD

secondary

#DFB7A3

accent

#763CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACDD

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

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