#49B3D3#49B3D3

#49B3D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.106 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3D3
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 211)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -20.52, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 32.45, 230.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0799 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.106 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6209, 38.3565, 67.4052)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3D3 #D36949

analogous

#49D3AE #49B3D3 #496ED3

triadic

#49B3D3 #D349B3 #B3D349

tetradic

#49B3D3 #AE49D3 #D36949 #6ED349

square

#49B3D3 #AE49D3 #D36949 #6ED349

split-complementary

#49B3D3 #D3496E #D3AE49

monochromatic

#1F6B82 #2B94B3 #49B3D3 #7AC8DF #ACDCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B3D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#49B3D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3D3

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3D3	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)

#A0AFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.106 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae0',
    500: '#49b3d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3d3;
$custom-light: #8bcae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71828,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3D3

secondary

#D9AD9F

accent

#6944E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3D3

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

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