#49AFD8#49AFD8

#49AFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFD8
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -16.86, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 33.89, 240.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.074 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.111 228)
XYZ	xyz(30.4674, 37.0310, 70.4944)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFD8 #D87249

analogous

#49D8BA #49AFD8 #4968D8

triadic

#49AFD8 #D849AF #AFD849

tetradic

#49AFD8 #BA49D8 #D87249 #68D849

square

#49AFD8 #BA49D8 #D87249 #68D849

split-complementary

#49AFD8 #D84968 #D8BA49

monochromatic

#1D6A89 #2891BC #49AFD8 #7BC5E3 #AEDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49AFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#49AFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFD8

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFD8	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e4',
    500: '#49afd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afd8;
$custom-light: #8bc7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.203,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71105,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.37034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFD8

secondary

#DCB2A1

accent

#7040E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFD8

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

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