#49B5D3#49B5D3

#49B5D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5D3
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 211)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -21.55, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 32.44, 228.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.082 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.106 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0246, 39.1640, 67.5397)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5D3 #D36749

analogous

#49D3AC #49B5D3 #4970D3

triadic

#49B5D3 #D349B5 #B5D349

tetradic

#49B5D3 #AC49D3 #D36749 #70D349

square

#49B5D3 #AC49D3 #D36749 #70D349

split-complementary

#49B5D3 #D34970 #D3AC49

monochromatic

#1F6D82 #2B96B3 #49B5D3 #7AC9DF #ACDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#49B5D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#49B5D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5D3

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5D3	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)

#A2B0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe0',
    500: '#49b5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5d3;
$custom-light: #8bcbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5D3

secondary

#D9AC9F

accent

#6744E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5D3

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

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