#49B5DD#49B5DD

#49B5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5DD
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -18.44, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 34.49, 237.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0782 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.113 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3174, 39.6811, 74.3486)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5DD #DD7149

analogous

#49DDBB #49B5DD #496BDD

triadic

#49B5DD #DD49B5 #B5DD49

tetradic

#49B5DD #BB49DD #DD7149 #6BDD49

square

#49B5DD #BB49DD #DD7149 #6BDD49

split-complementary

#49B5DD #DD496B #DDBB49

monochromatic

#1B7191 #2599C4 #49B5DD #7DCAE7 #B0DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49B5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#49B5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5DD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5DD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe7',
    500: '#49b5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5dd;
$custom-light: #8ccbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7272,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5DD

secondary

#DFB3A3

accent

#6C3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5DD

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

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