#49AFD4#49AFD4

#49AFD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFD4
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -18.12, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 32.88, 236.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0755 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.108 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9565, 36.8267, 67.8041)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFD4 #D46E49

analogous

#49D4B3 #49AFD4 #4969D4

triadic

#49AFD4 #D449AF #AFD449

tetradic

#49AFD4 #B349D4 #D46E49 #69D449

square

#49AFD4 #B349D4 #D46E49 #69D449

split-complementary

#49AFD4 #D44969 #D4B349

monochromatic

#1F6984 #2B90B5 #49AFD4 #7BC5E0 #ACDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49AFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#49AFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFD4

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFD4	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BACD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e1',
    500: '#49afd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afd4;
$custom-light: #8bc7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.971,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70931,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFD4

secondary

#D9AFA0

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFD4

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

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