#49B2DA#49B2DA

#49B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.111 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2DA
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -17.81, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 34.06, 238.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0763 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.111 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3179, 38.3158, 72.0613)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2DA #DA7149

analogous

#49DABA #49B2DA #4969DA

triadic

#49B2DA #DA49B2 #B2DA49

tetradic

#49B2DA #BA49DA #DA7149 #69DA49

square

#49B2DA #BA49DA #DA7149 #69DA49

split-complementary

#49B2DA #DA4969 #DABA49

monochromatic

#1C6D8C #2795BF #49B2DA #7CC8E4 #AFDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#49B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2DA

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2DA	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.111 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e5',
    500: '#49b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2da;
$custom-light: #8bc9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71891,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2DA

secondary

#DDB2A2

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2DA

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

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