#49ADD3#49ADD3

#49ADD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.107 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADD3
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -17.38, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 32.82, 238.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0738 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.107 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4444, 36.0036, 67.0130)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADD3 #D36F49

analogous

#49D3B4 #49ADD3 #4968D3

triadic

#49ADD3 #D349AD #ADD349

tetradic

#49ADD3 #B449D3 #D36F49 #68D349

square

#49ADD3 #B449D3 #D36F49 #68D349

split-complementary

#49ADD3 #D34968 #D3B449

monochromatic

#1F6782 #2B8EB3 #49ADD3 #7AC3DF #ACD9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49ADD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#49ADD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADD3

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADD3	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49add3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.107 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e0',
    500: '#49add3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49add3;
$custom-light: #8ac5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49add3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7042,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADD3

secondary

#D9AF9F

accent

#7044E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADD3

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

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