#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
RGBrgb(73, 176, 216)
HSLhsl(197, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(197, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.59, -17.39, -28.95)
CIE-LCHlch(67.59, 33.77, 239.01°)
OKLaboklab(71.34% -0.075 -0.081)
OKLCHoklch(71.34% 0.11 227.2)
XYZxyz(30.6627, 37.4217, 70.5596)
Luminance0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##49B0D81.002.478.498.49
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4921.001.001.00
##0000008.4921.001.001.00

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

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#49B0D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva