#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
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 17.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -18.76, -27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 33.33, 235.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0774 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.109 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9289, 38.1602, 70.0125)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49B2D7	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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