#49AFDB#49AFDB

#49AFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFDB
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -15.91, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 34.72, 242.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0729 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.113 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8587, 37.1876, 72.5557)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFDB #DB7549

analogous

#49DBBE #49AFDB #4966DB

triadic

#49AFDB #DB49AF #AFDB49

tetradic

#49AFDB #BE49DB #DB7549 #66DB49

square

#49AFDB #BE49DB #DB7549 #66DB49

split-complementary

#49AFDB #DB4966 #DBBE49

monochromatic

#1C6B8E #2692C1 #49AFDB #7CC5E5 #AFDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#49AFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#49AFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFDB

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFDB	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e6',
    500: '#49afdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afdb;
$custom-light: #8bc7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71237,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFDB

secondary

#DDB4A2

accent

#723EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFDB

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

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