#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
RGBrgb(73, 181, 211)
HSLhsl(193, 61%, 56%)
HSVhsv(193, 65%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.87, -21.55, -24.24)
CIE-LCHlch(68.87, 32.44, 228.36°)
OKLaboklab(72.3% -0.082 -0.0675)
OKLCHoklch(72.3% 0.106 219.5)
XYZxyz(31.0246, 39.1640, 67.5397)
Luminance0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##49B5D31.002.388.838.83
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8321.001.001.00
##0000008.8321.001.001.00

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

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#49B5D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva