#49AFD7#49AFD7

#49AFD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFD7
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 215)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 18.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -17.18, -28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 33.63, 239.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0744 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.11 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3385, 36.9794, 69.8157)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFD7 #D77149

analogous

#49D7B8 #49AFD7 #4968D7

triadic

#49AFD7 #D749AF #AFD749

tetradic

#49AFD7 #B849D7 #D77149 #68D749

square

#49AFD7 #B849D7 #D77149 #68D749

split-complementary

#49AFD7 #D74968 #D7B849

monochromatic

#1E6A88 #2991BA #49AFD7 #7BC5E2 #ADDBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49AFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#49AFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFD7

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFD7	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e3',
    500: '#49afd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afd7;
$custom-light: #8bc7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71061,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFD7

secondary

#DBB1A1

accent

#7041E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFD7

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

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