#49ADD2#49ADD2

#49ADD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADD2
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -17.70, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 32.58, 237.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0741 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.106 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3194, 35.9536, 66.3548)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADD2 #D26E49

analogous

#49D2B2 #49ADD2 #4969D2

triadic

#49ADD2 #D249AD #ADD249

tetradic

#49ADD2 #B249D2 #D26E49 #69D249

square

#49ADD2 #B249D2 #D26E49 #69D249

split-complementary

#49ADD2 #D24969 #D2B249

monochromatic

#206781 #2C8EB2 #49ADD2 #7AC3DE #ABD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49ADD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#49ADD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADD2

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADD2	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49add2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e0',
    500: '#49add2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49add2;
$custom-light: #8ac5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49add2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.204,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70377,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADD2

secondary

#D8AE9F

accent

#6F44E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADD2

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

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