#49B3DB#49B3DB

#49B3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3DB
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -18.02, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 34.20, 238.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.077 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.112 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6488, 38.7677, 72.8191)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3DB #DB7149

analogous

#49DBBA #49B3DB #496ADB

triadic

#49B3DB #DB49B3 #B3DB49

tetradic

#49B3DB #BA49DB #DB7149 #6ADB49

square

#49B3DB #BA49DB #DB7149 #6ADB49

split-complementary

#49B3DB #DB496A #DBBA49

monochromatic

#1C6E8E #2696C1 #49B3DB #7CC8E5 #AFDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#49B3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#49B3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3DB

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3DB	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e6',
    500: '#49b3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3db;
$custom-light: #8cc9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72167,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3DB

secondary

#DDB3A2

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3DB

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

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