#49B5DC#49B5DC

#49B5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5DC
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -18.75, -28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 34.25, 236.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0786 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.112 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1846, 39.6280, 73.6490)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5DC #DC7049

analogous

#49DCB9 #49B5DC #496CDC

triadic

#49B5DC #DC49B5 #B5DC49

tetradic

#49B5DC #B949DC #DC7049 #6CDC49

square

#49B5DC #B949DC #DC7049 #6CDC49

split-complementary

#49B5DC #DC496C #DCB949

monochromatic

#1C708F #2599C2 #49B5DC #7CCAE6 #B0DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49B5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#49B5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5DC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5DC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe7',
    500: '#49b5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5dc;
$custom-light: #8ccbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72677,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5DC

secondary

#DEB2A3

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5DC

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

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