#49ADDC#49ADDC

#49ADDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADDC
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -14.52, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 35.37, 245.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0706 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.115 232)
XYZ	xyz(30.6044, 36.4676, 73.1223)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADDC #DC7849

analogous

#49DCC2 #49ADDC #4963DC

triadic

#49ADDC #DC49AD #ADDC49

tetradic

#49ADDC #C249DC #DC7849 #63DC49

square

#49ADDC #C249DC #DC7849 #63DC49

split-complementary

#49ADDC #DC4963 #DCC249

monochromatic

#1C6A8F #2590C2 #49ADDC #7CC4E6 #B0DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49ADDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#49ADDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADDC

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADDC	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ABDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49addc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e7',
    500: '#49addc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49addc;
$custom-light: #8bc5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49addc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.184,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70818,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.36471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADDC

secondary

#DEB6A3

accent

#753DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADDC

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

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