#49ADD1#49ADD1

#49ADD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.106 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADD1
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 209)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -18.01, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 32.34, 236.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0745 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.106 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1952, 35.9040, 65.7008)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADD1 #D16D49

analogous

#49D1B1 #49ADD1 #4969D1

triadic

#49ADD1 #D149AD #ADD149

tetradic

#49ADD1 #B149D1 #D16D49 #69D149

square

#49ADD1 #B149D1 #D16D49 #69D149

split-complementary

#49ADD1 #D14969 #D1B149

monochromatic

#20667F #2D8DB0 #49ADD1 #7AC3DD #ABD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49ADD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#49ADD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADD1

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADD1	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49add1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.106 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5df',
    500: '#49add1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49add1;
$custom-light: #8ac5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49add1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70334,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADD1

secondary

#D7AE9E

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADD1

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

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