#49ADD5#49ADD5

#49ADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49ADD5
RGBrgb(73, 173, 213)
HSLhsl(197, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(66.60, -16.75, -28.83)
CIE-LCHlch(66.60, 33.34, 239.84°)
OKLaboklab(70.51% -0.073 -0.0806)
OKLCHoklch(70.51% 0.109 227.8)
XYZxyz(29.6967, 36.1045, 68.3417)
Luminance0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49ADD5 #D57149
analogous
#49D5B7 #49ADD5 #4967D5
triadic
#49ADD5 #D549AD #ADD549
tetradic
#49ADD5 #B749D5 #D57149 #67D549
square
#49ADD5 #B749D5 #D57149 #67D549
split-complementary
#49ADD5 #D54967 #D5B749
monochromatic
#1F6885 #2A8FB7 #49ADD5 #7BC3E0 #ACDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55
#49ADD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22
#49ADD5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADD5
8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49ADD5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49ADD51.002.558.228.22
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2221.001.001.00
##0000008.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98AAD7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#849CD4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49add5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 227.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e2',
    500: '#49add5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49add5;
$custom-light: #8bc5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49add5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70507,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49ADD5
secondary
#DAB1A0
accent
#7142E6
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADD5

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#49ADD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva