#49ADD4#49ADD4

#49ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.108 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADD4
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -17.07, -28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 33.08, 238.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0734 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.108 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5702, 36.0539, 67.6753)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADD4 #D47049

analogous

#49D4B6 #49ADD4 #4967D4

triadic

#49ADD4 #D449AD #ADD449

tetradic

#49ADD4 #B649D4 #D47049 #67D449

square

#49ADD4 #B649D4 #D47049 #67D449

split-complementary

#49ADD4 #D44967 #D4B649

monochromatic

#1F6784 #2B8EB5 #49ADD4 #7BC3E0 #ACDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#49ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADD4

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADD4	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)

#98AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.108 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e1',
    500: '#49add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49add4;
$custom-light: #8ac5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70463,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADD4

secondary

#D9B0A0

accent

#7043E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADD4

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

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