#49B4D2#49B4D2

#49B4D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4D2
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -21.35, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 32.27, 228.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0813 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.106 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6970, 38.7088, 66.8140)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4D2 #D26749

analogous

#49D2AC #49B4D2 #496FD2

triadic

#49B4D2 #D249B4 #B4D249

tetradic

#49B4D2 #AC49D2 #D26749 #6FD249

square

#49B4D2 #AC49D2 #D26749 #6FD249

split-complementary

#49B4D2 #D2496F #D2AC49

monochromatic

#206C81 #2C95B2 #49B4D2 #7AC8DE #ABDCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#49B4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#49B4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4D2

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4D2	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)

#A1AFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcadf',
    500: '#49b4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4d2;
$custom-light: #8bcadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.139,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72022,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4D2

secondary

#D8AB9F

accent

#6744E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4D2

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

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