#49B1DB#49B1DB

#49B1DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.112 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1DB
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -16.97, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 34.44, 240.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0749 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.112 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2509, 37.9718, 72.6864)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1DB #DB7349

analogous

#49DBBC #49B1DB #4968DB

triadic

#49B1DB #DB49B1 #B1DB49

tetradic

#49B1DB #BC49DB #DB7349 #68DB49

square

#49B1DB #BC49DB #DB7349 #68DB49

split-complementary

#49B1DB #DB4968 #DBBC49

monochromatic

#1C6D8E #2694C1 #49B1DB #7CC7E5 #AFDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#49B1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#49B1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1DB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1DB	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.112 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8e6',
    500: '#49b1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1db;
$custom-light: #8cc8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71702,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1DB

secondary

#DDB3A2

accent

#6F3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1DB

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

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