#49B5DA#49B5DA

#49B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5DA
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -19.38, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 33.79, 235.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0793 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.111 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9213, 39.5227, 72.2624)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5DA #DA6E49

analogous

#49DAB6 #49B5DA #496DDA

triadic

#49B5DA #DA49B5 #B5DA49

tetradic

#49B5DA #B649DA #DA6E49 #6DDA49

square

#49B5DA #B649DA #DA6E49 #6DDA49

split-complementary

#49B5DA #DA496D #DAB649

monochromatic

#1C708C #2798BF #49B5DA #7CCAE4 #AFDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49B5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#49B5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5DA

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5DA	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe5',
    500: '#49b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5da;
$custom-light: #8ccbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.31,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72591,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5DA

secondary

#DDB1A2

accent

#6A3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5DA

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

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