#49ADD8#49ADD8

#49ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.111 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADD8
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -15.80, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 34.17, 242.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.072 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.111 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0810, 36.2582, 70.3657)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADD8 #D87449

analogous

#49D8BC #49ADD8 #4966D8

triadic

#49ADD8 #D849AD #ADD849

tetradic

#49ADD8 #BC49D8 #D87449 #66D849

square

#49ADD8 #BC49D8 #D87449 #66D849

split-complementary

#49ADD8 #D84966 #D8BC49

monochromatic

#1D6989 #288FBC #49ADD8 #7BC4E3 #AEDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#49ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADD8

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADD8	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.111 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e4',
    500: '#49add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49add8;
$custom-light: #8bc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.042,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70639,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADD8

secondary

#DCB3A1

accent

#7340E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADD8

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

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