#49B6DB#49B6DB

#49B6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6DB
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -19.59, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 33.94, 234.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.08 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.111 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2566, 39.9833, 73.0217)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6DB #DB6E49

analogous

#49DBB7 #49B6DB #496DDB

triadic

#49B6DB #DB49B6 #B6DB49

tetradic

#49B6DB #B749DB #DB6E49 #6DDB49

square

#49B6DB #B749DB #DB6E49 #6DDB49

split-complementary

#49B6DB #DB496D #DBB749

monochromatic

#1C718E #269AC1 #49B6DB #7CCAE5 #AFDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49B6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#49B6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6DB

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6DB	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce6',
    500: '#49b6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6db;
$custom-light: #8ccce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72867,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6DB

secondary

#DDB1A2

accent

#6A3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6DB

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

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