#49B3DF#49B3DF

#49B3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3DF
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -16.75, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 35.26, 241.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0755 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.115 229)
XYZ	xyz(32.1817, 38.9809, 75.6257)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3DF #DF7549

analogous

#49DFC0 #49B3DF #4968DF

triadic

#49B3DF #DF49B3 #B3DF49

tetradic

#49B3DF #C049DF #DF7549 #68DF49

square

#49B3DF #C049DF #DF7549 #68DF49

split-complementary

#49B3DF #DF4968 #DFC049

monochromatic

#1A7094 #2397C8 #49B3DF #7DC9E8 #B1DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#49B3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3DF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3DF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e9',
    500: '#49b3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3df;
$custom-light: #8cc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72342,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.38984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3DF

secondary

#E0B6A4

accent

#6F3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3DF

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

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