#49B3DE#49B3DE

#49B3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.114 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3DE
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -17.07, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 34.98, 240.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0759 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.114 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0473, 38.9271, 74.9178)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3DE #DE7449

analogous

#49DEBE #49B3DE #4969DE

triadic

#49B3DE #DE49B3 #B3DE49

tetradic

#49B3DE #BE49DE #DE7449 #69DE49

square

#49B3DE #BE49DE #DE7449 #69DE49

split-complementary

#49B3DE #DE4969 #DEBE49

monochromatic

#1A7092 #2497C6 #49B3DE #7DC9E7 #B1DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#49B3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3DE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3DE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.114 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e8',
    500: '#49b3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3de;
$custom-light: #8cc9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.315,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72298,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3DE

secondary

#DFB5A4

accent

#6F3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3DE

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

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