#49AFD9#49AFD9

#49AFD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFD9
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -16.54, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 34.16, 241.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0736 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.111 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5970, 37.0829, 71.1774)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFD9 #D97349

analogous

#49D9BB #49AFD9 #4967D9

triadic

#49AFD9 #D949AF #AFD949

tetradic

#49AFD9 #BB49D9 #D97349 #67D949

square

#49AFD9 #BB49D9 #D97349 #67D949

split-complementary

#49AFD9 #D94967 #D9BB49

monochromatic

#1D6B8B #2892BD #49AFD9 #7CC5E4 #AEDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#49AFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#49AFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFD9

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFD9	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e5',
    500: '#49afd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afd9;
$custom-light: #8bc7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71149,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFD9

secondary

#DCB3A2

accent

#713FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFD9

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

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