#49B6DA#49B6DA

#49B6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6DA
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -19.90, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 33.73, 233.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0803 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.111 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1254, 39.9308, 72.3304)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6DA #DA6D49

analogous

#49DAB6 #49B6DA #496DDA

triadic

#49B6DA #DA49B6 #B6DA49

tetradic

#49B6DA #B649DA #DA6D49 #6DDA49

square

#49B6DA #B649DA #DA6D49 #6DDA49

split-complementary

#49B6DA #DA496D #DAB649

monochromatic

#1C708C #2799BF #49B6DA #7CCAE4 #AFDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49B6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#49B6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6DA

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6DA	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce5',
    500: '#49b6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6da;
$custom-light: #8ccce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.897,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72825,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6DA

secondary

#DDB1A2

accent

#693FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6DA

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

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