#49B3D0#49B3D0

#49B3D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.104 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3D0
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 208)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -21.45, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 31.93, 227.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0811 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.104 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2483, 38.2075, 65.4429)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3D0 #D06649

analogous

#49D0AA #49B3D0 #496FD0

triadic

#49B3D0 #D049B3 #B3D049

tetradic

#49B3D0 #AA49D0 #D06649 #6FD049

square

#49B3D0 #AA49D0 #D06649 #6FD049

split-complementary

#49B3D0 #D0496F #D0AA49

monochromatic

#216A7E #2D93AF #49B3D0 #7AC7DD #AADCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#49B3D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#49B3D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3D0

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3D0	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.104 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acade',
    500: '#49b3d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3d0;
$custom-light: #8acade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.889,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3D0

secondary

#D7AA9E

accent

#6746E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3D0

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

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