#49B2DD#49B2DD

#49B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.114 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2DD
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -16.86, -30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 34.85, 241.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0752 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.114 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7140, 38.4743, 74.1475)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2DD #DD7449

analogous

#49DDBE #49B2DD #4968DD

triadic

#49B2DD #DD49B2 #B2DD49

tetradic

#49B2DD #BE49DD #DD7449 #68DD49

square

#49B2DD #BE49DD #DD7449 #68DD49

split-complementary

#49B2DD #DD4968 #DDBE49

monochromatic

#1B6E91 #2596C4 #49B2DD #7DC8E7 #B0DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#49B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2DD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2DD	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.114 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e7',
    500: '#49b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2dd;
$custom-light: #8cc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.432,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72022,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2DD

secondary

#DFB4A3

accent

#6F3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2DD

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

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