#49B2D7#49B2D7

#49B2D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B2D7
RGBrgb(73, 178, 215)
HSLhsl(196, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(196, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 17.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.14, -18.76, -27.56)
CIE-LCHlch(68.14, 33.33, 235.76°)
OKLaboklab(71.76% -0.0774 -0.077)
OKLCHoklch(71.76% 0.109 224.8)
XYZxyz(30.9289, 38.1602, 70.0125)
Luminance0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B2D7 #D76E49
analogous
#49D7B5 #49B2D7 #496BD7
triadic
#49B2D7 #D749B2 #B2D749
tetradic
#49B2D7 #B549D7 #D76E49 #6BD749
square
#49B2D7 #B549D7 #D76E49 #6BD749
split-complementary
#49B2D7 #D7496B #D7B549
monochromatic
#1E6C88 #2994BA #49B2D7 #7BC7E2 #ADDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#49B2D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63
#49B2D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2D7
8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B2D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B2D71.002.438.638.63
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6321.001.001.00
##0000008.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EAED9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA0D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDBE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 224.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e3',
    500: '#49b2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b2d7;
$custom-light: #8bc9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.634,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71762,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B2D7
secondary
#DBB0A1
accent
#6C41E7
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2D7

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#49B2D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva