#49ADD6#49ADD6

#49ADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADD6
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -16.44, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 33.61, 240.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0727 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.11 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8240, 36.1555, 69.0122)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADD6 #D67249

analogous

#49D6B9 #49ADD6 #4967D6

triadic

#49ADD6 #D649AD #ADD649

tetradic

#49ADD6 #B949D6 #D67249 #67D649

square

#49ADD6 #B949D6 #D67249 #67D649

split-complementary

#49ADD6 #D64967 #D6B949

monochromatic

#1E6886 #2A8FB8 #49ADD6 #7BC4E1 #ADDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49ADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#49ADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADD6

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADD6	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49add6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e2',
    500: '#49add6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49add6;
$custom-light: #8bc5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49add6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.447,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70551,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADD6

secondary

#DAB1A0

accent

#7142E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADD6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →