#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
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -16.75, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 33.34, 239.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.073 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.109 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6967, 36.1045, 68.3417)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49ADD5	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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