#49B0DF#49B0DF

#49B0DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0DF
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -15.16, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 35.74, 244.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0725 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.116 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5870, 37.7914, 75.4275)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0DF #DF7849

analogous

#49DFC3 #49B0DF #4965DF

triadic

#49B0DF #DF49B0 #B0DF49

tetradic

#49B0DF #C349DF #DF7849 #65DF49

square

#49B0DF #C349DF #DF7849 #65DF49

split-complementary

#49B0DF #DF4965 #DFC349

monochromatic

#1A6E94 #2394C8 #49B0DF #7DC7E8 #B1DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49B0DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#49B0DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0DF

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0DF	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e9',
    500: '#49b0df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0df;
$custom-light: #8cc7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.8,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0DF

secondary

#E0B7A4

accent

#733BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0DF

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

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