#49B0DD#49B0DD

#49B0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0DD
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -15.80, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 35.15, 243.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0732 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.114 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3190, 37.6842, 74.0158)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0DD #DD7649

analogous

#49DDC0 #49B0DD #4966DD

triadic

#49B0DD #DD49B0 #B0DD49

tetradic

#49B0DD #C049DD #DD7649 #66DD49

square

#49B0DD #C049DD #DD7649 #66DD49

split-complementary

#49B0DD #DD4966 #DDC049

monochromatic

#1B6D91 #2594C4 #49B0DD #7DC6E7 #B0DDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#49B0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0DD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0DD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e7',
    500: '#49b0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0dd;
$custom-light: #8cc7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.243,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71558,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0DD

secondary

#DFB5A3

accent

#723CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0DD

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

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