#49AFD6#49AFD6

#49AFD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFD6
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -17.49, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 33.37, 238.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0747 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.109 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2104, 36.9282, 69.1410)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFD6 #D67049

analogous

#49D6B7 #49AFD6 #4969D6

triadic

#49AFD6 #D649AF #AFD649

tetradic

#49AFD6 #B749D6 #D67049 #69D649

square

#49AFD6 #B749D6 #D67049 #69D649

split-complementary

#49AFD6 #D64969 #D6B749

monochromatic

#1E6A86 #2A91B8 #49AFD6 #7BC5E1 #ADDBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49AFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#49AFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFD6

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFD6	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e2',
    500: '#49afd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afd6;
$custom-light: #8bc7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71017,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFD6

secondary

#DAB0A0

accent

#6F42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFD6

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

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