#49B3DA#49B3DA

#49B3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3DA
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -18.34, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 33.96, 237.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0773 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.111 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5176, 38.7152, 72.1278)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3DA #DA7049

analogous

#49DAB9 #49B3DA #496BDA

triadic

#49B3DA #DA49B3 #B3DA49

tetradic

#49B3DA #B949DA #DA7049 #6BDA49

square

#49B3DA #B949DA #DA7049 #6BDA49

split-complementary

#49B3DA #DA496B #DAB949

monochromatic

#1C6E8C #2796BF #49B3DA #7CC8E4 #AFDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#49B3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#49B3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3DA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3DA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e5',
    500: '#49b3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3da;
$custom-light: #8cc9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72124,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3DA

secondary

#DDB2A2

accent

#6D3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3DA

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

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