#49B4DC#49B4DC

#49B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4DC
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -18.23, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 34.35, 237.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0776 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.112 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9820, 39.2228, 73.5815)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4DC #DC7149

analogous

#49DCBB #49B4DC #496ADC

triadic

#49B4DC #DC49B4 #B4DC49

tetradic

#49B4DC #BB49DC #DC7149 #6ADC49

square

#49B4DC #BB49DC #DC7149 #6ADC49

split-complementary

#49B4DC #DC496A #DCBB49

monochromatic

#1C708F #2598C2 #49B4DC #7CC9E6 #B0DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#49B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4DC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4DC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae7',
    500: '#49b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4dc;
$custom-light: #8ccae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.327,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72444,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4DC

secondary

#DEB3A3

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4DC

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

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