#49B0DB#49B0DB

#49B0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.113 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0DB
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -16.44, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 34.57, 241.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0739 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.113 229)
XYZ	xyz(31.0541, 37.5782, 72.6208)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0DB #DB7449

analogous

#49DBBD #49B0DB #4967DB

triadic

#49B0DB #DB49B0 #B0DB49

tetradic

#49B0DB #BD49DB #DB7449 #67DB49

square

#49B0DB #BD49DB #DB7449 #67DB49

split-complementary

#49B0DB #DB4967 #DBBD49

monochromatic

#1C6C8E #2693C1 #49B0DB #7CC6E5 #AFDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#49B0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#49B0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0DB

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0DB	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.113 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e6',
    500: '#49b0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0db;
$custom-light: #8bc7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71469,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.37582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0DB

secondary

#DDB4A2

accent

#713EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0DB

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

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