#49AFD5#49AFD5

#49AFD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFD5
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -17.81, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 33.12, 237.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0751 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.108 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0831, 36.8773, 68.4705)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFD5 #D56F49

analogous

#49D5B5 #49AFD5 #4969D5

triadic

#49AFD5 #D549AF #AFD549

tetradic

#49AFD5 #B549D5 #D56F49 #69D549

square

#49AFD5 #B549D5 #D56F49 #69D549

split-complementary

#49AFD5 #D54969 #D5B549

monochromatic

#1F6985 #2A91B7 #49AFD5 #7BC5E0 #ACDBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49AFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#49AFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFD5

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFD5	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e2',
    500: '#49afd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afd5;
$custom-light: #8bc7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70974,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFD5

secondary

#DAB0A0

accent

#6F42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFD5

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

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