#49B4D5#49B4D5

#49B4D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4D5
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -20.42, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 32.81, 231.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0802 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.108 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0743, 38.8597, 68.8009)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4D5 #D56A49

analogous

#49D5B0 #49B4D5 #496ED5

triadic

#49B4D5 #D549B4 #B4D549

tetradic

#49B4D5 #B049D5 #D56A49 #6ED549

square

#49B4D5 #B049D5 #D56A49 #6ED549

split-complementary

#49B4D5 #D5496E #D5B049

monochromatic

#1F6D85 #2A96B7 #49B4D5 #7BC8E0 #ACDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#49B4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4D5

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4D5	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae2',
    500: '#49b4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4d5;
$custom-light: #8bcae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72146,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4D5

secondary

#DAAEA0

accent

#6942E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4D5

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

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