#49B4DB#49B4DB

#49B4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4DB
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -18.55, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 34.10, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.078 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.112 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8500, 39.1700, 72.8861)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4DB #DB7049

analogous

#49DBB9 #49B4DB #496BDB

triadic

#49B4DB #DB49B4 #B4DB49

tetradic

#49B4DB #B949DB #DB7049 #6BDB49

square

#49B4DB #B949DB #DB7049 #6BDB49

split-complementary

#49B4DB #DB496B #DBB949

monochromatic

#1C6F8E #2697C1 #49B4DB #7CC9E5 #AFDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#49B4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#49B4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4DB

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4DB	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae6',
    500: '#49b4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4db;
$custom-light: #8ccae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4DB

secondary

#DDB2A2

accent

#6C3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4DB

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

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