#49B2D6#49B2D6

#49B2D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2D6
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -19.07, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 33.11, 234.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0778 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.108 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8008, 38.1090, 69.3378)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2D6 #D66D49

analogous

#49D6B4 #49B2D6 #496CD6

triadic

#49B2D6 #D649B2 #B2D649

tetradic

#49B2D6 #B449D6 #D66D49 #6CD649

square

#49B2D6 #B449D6 #D66D49 #6CD649

split-complementary

#49B2D6 #D6496C #D6B449

monochromatic

#1E6C86 #2A94B8 #49B2D6 #7BC7E1 #ADDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#49B2D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#49B2D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2D6

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2D6	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e2',
    500: '#49b2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2d6;
$custom-light: #8bc9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71719,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2D6

secondary

#DAAFA0

accent

#6C42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2D6

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

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