#49B2DB#49B2DB

#49B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.112 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2DB
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -17.50, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 34.31, 239.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0759 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.112 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4491, 38.3683, 72.7525)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2DB #DB7249

analogous

#49DBBB #49B2DB #4969DB

triadic

#49B2DB #DB49B2 #B2DB49

tetradic

#49B2DB #BB49DB #DB7249 #69DB49

square

#49B2DB #BB49DB #DB7249 #69DB49

split-complementary

#49B2DB #DB4969 #DBBB49

monochromatic

#1C6E8E #2695C1 #49B2DB #7CC8E5 #AFDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#49B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2DB

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2DB	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.112 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e6',
    500: '#49b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2db;
$custom-light: #8cc9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.849,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71934,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2DB

secondary

#DDB3A2

accent

#6E3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2DB

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

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