#49B0D8#49B0D8

#49B0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.110 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0D8
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -17.39, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 33.77, 239.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.075 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.11 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6627, 37.4217, 70.5596)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0D8 #D87149

analogous

#49D8B9 #49B0D8 #4969D8

triadic

#49B0D8 #D849B0 #B0D849

tetradic

#49B0D8 #B949D8 #D87149 #69D849

square

#49B0D8 #B949D8 #D87149 #69D849

split-complementary

#49B0D8 #D84969 #D8B949

monochromatic

#1D6B89 #2892BC #49B0D8 #7BC6E3 #AEDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#49B0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#49B0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0D8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0D8	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.110 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e4',
    500: '#49b0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0d8;
$custom-light: #8bc7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71338,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0D8

secondary

#DCB2A1

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0D8

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

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