#49B5DB#49B5DB

#49B5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5DB
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -19.07, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 34.02, 235.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.079 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.112 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0526, 39.5752, 72.9536)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5DB #DB6F49

analogous

#49DBB8 #49B5DB #496CDB

triadic

#49B5DB #DB49B5 #B5DB49

tetradic

#49B5DB #B849DB #DB6F49 #6CDB49

square

#49B5DB #B849DB #DB6F49 #6CDB49

split-complementary

#49B5DB #DB496C #DBB849

monochromatic

#1C708E #2698C1 #49B5DB #7CCAE5 #AFDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49B5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#49B5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5DB

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5DB	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe6',
    500: '#49b5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5db;
$custom-light: #8ccbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72634,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5DB

secondary

#DDB2A2

accent

#6B3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5DB

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

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