#49B1DF#49B1DF

#49B1DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1DF
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -15.69, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 35.57, 243.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0735 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.116 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7838, 38.1850, 75.4931)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1DF #DF7749

analogous

#49DFC2 #49B1DF #4966DF

triadic

#49B1DF #DF49B1 #B1DF49

tetradic

#49B1DF #C249DF #DF7749 #66DF49

square

#49B1DF #C249DF #DF7749 #66DF49

split-complementary

#49B1DF #DF4966 #DFC249

monochromatic

#1A6E94 #2395C8 #49B1DF #7DC7E8 #B1DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#49B1DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#49B1DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1DF

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1DF	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8e9',
    500: '#49b1df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1df;
$custom-light: #8cc8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.4,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71879,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1DF

secondary

#E0B6A4

accent

#713BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1DF

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

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