#49B4DD#49B4DD

#49B4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4DD
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -17.92, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 34.60, 238.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0772 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.113 227)
XYZ	xyz(32.1148, 39.2759, 74.2811)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4DD #DD7249

analogous

#49DDBC #49B4DD #496ADD

triadic

#49B4DD #DD49B4 #B4DD49

tetradic

#49B4DD #BC49DD #DD7249 #6ADD49

square

#49B4DD #BC49DD #DD7249 #6ADD49

split-complementary

#49B4DD #DD496A #DDBC49

monochromatic

#1B7091 #2598C4 #49B4DD #7DC9E7 #B0DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49B4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#49B4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4DD

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4DD	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae7',
    500: '#49b4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4dd;
$custom-light: #8ccae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.622,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72487,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.39279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4DD

secondary

#DFB4A3

accent

#6D3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4DD

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

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