#49AFDF#49AFDF

#49AFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.117 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFDF
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -14.63, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 35.93, 245.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0715 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.117 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3916, 37.4007, 75.3624)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFDF #DF7949

analogous

#49DFC4 #49AFDF #4964DF

triadic

#49AFDF #DF49AF #AFDF49

tetradic

#49AFDF #C449DF #DF7949 #64DF49

square

#49AFDF #C449DF #DF7949 #64DF49

split-complementary

#49AFDF #DF4964 #DFC449

monochromatic

#1A6D94 #2393C8 #49AFDF #7DC6E8 #B1DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#49AFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#49AFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFDF

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFDF	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.117 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e9',
    500: '#49afdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afdf;
$custom-light: #8cc6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71416,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFDF

secondary

#E0B7A4

accent

#743BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFDF

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

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