#49AFDC#49AFDC

#49AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.114 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFDC
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -15.59, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 35.02, 243.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0726 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.114 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9908, 37.2404, 73.2511)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFDC #DC7649

analogous

#49DCBF #49AFDC #4966DC

triadic

#49AFDC #DC49AF #AFDC49

tetradic

#49AFDC #BF49DC #DC7649 #66DC49

square

#49AFDC #BF49DC #DC7649 #66DC49

split-complementary

#49AFDC #DC4966 #DCBF49

monochromatic

#1C6C8F #2592C2 #49AFDC #7CC6E6 #B0DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#49AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#49AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFDC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFDC	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.114 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e7',
    500: '#49afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afdc;
$custom-light: #8cc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71281,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFDC

secondary

#DEB5A3

accent

#723DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFDC

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

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