#49B4DF#49B4DF

#49B4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.115 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4DF
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -17.28, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 35.12, 240.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0765 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.115 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3829, 39.3832, 75.6928)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4DF #DF7449

analogous

#49DFBF #49B4DF #4969DF

triadic

#49B4DF #DF49B4 #B4DF49

tetradic

#49B4DF #BF49DF #DF7449 #69DF49

square

#49B4DF #BF49DF #DF7449 #69DF49

split-complementary

#49B4DF #DF4969 #DFBF49

monochromatic

#1A7194 #2399C8 #49B4DF #7DC9E8 #B1DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49B4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#49B4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4DF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4DF	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.115 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae9',
    500: '#49b4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4df;
$custom-light: #8ccae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4DF

secondary

#E0B5A4

accent

#6E3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4DF

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