#49B0DA#49B0DA

#49B0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0DA
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -16.76, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 34.30, 240.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0743 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.112 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9228, 37.5257, 71.9296)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0DA #DA7349

analogous

#49DABB #49B0DA #4968DA

triadic

#49B0DA #DA49B0 #B0DA49

tetradic

#49B0DA #BB49DA #DA7349 #68DA49

square

#49B0DA #BB49DA #DA7349 #68DA49

split-complementary

#49B0DA #DA4968 #DABB49

monochromatic

#1C6C8C #2793BF #49B0DA #7CC6E4 #AFDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#49B0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#49B0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0DA

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0DA	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e5',
    500: '#49b0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0da;
$custom-light: #8bc7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.379,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71425,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0DA

secondary

#DDB3A2

accent

#703FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0DA

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

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