#49ADD7#49ADD7

#49ADD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADD7
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 215)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 19.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -16.12, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 33.89, 241.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0723 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.11 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9521, 36.2067, 69.6869)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADD7 #D77349

analogous

#49D7BA #49ADD7 #4966D7

triadic

#49ADD7 #D749AD #ADD749

tetradic

#49ADD7 #BA49D7 #D77349 #66D749

square

#49ADD7 #BA49D7 #D77349 #66D749

split-complementary

#49ADD7 #D74966 #D7BA49

monochromatic

#1E6888 #298FBA #49ADD7 #7BC4E2 #ADDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49ADD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#49ADD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADD7

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADD7	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49add7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e3',
    500: '#49add7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49add7;
$custom-light: #8bc5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49add7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70595,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADD7

secondary

#DBB2A1

accent

#7241E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADD7

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

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