#49ADDD#49ADDD

#49ADDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.116 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADDD
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -14.20, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 35.69, 246.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0702 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.116 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7372, 36.5207, 73.8219)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADDD #DD7949

analogous

#49DDC3 #49ADDD #4963DD

triadic

#49ADDD #DD49AD #ADDD49

tetradic

#49ADDD #C349DD #DD7949 #63DD49

square

#49ADDD #C349DD #DD7949 #63DD49

split-complementary

#49ADDD #DD4963 #DDC349

monochromatic

#1B6A91 #2590C4 #49ADDD #7DC4E7 #B0DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49ADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#49ADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADDD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADDD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49addd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.116 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5e7',
    500: '#49addd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49addd;
$custom-light: #8cc5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49addd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70863,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADDD

secondary

#DFB6A3

accent

#753CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADDD

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

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