#49B6DD#49B6DD

#49B6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6DD
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -18.96, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 34.40, 236.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0792 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.113 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5215, 40.0893, 74.4166)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6DD #DD7049

analogous

#49DDBA #49B6DD #496CDD

triadic

#49B6DD #DD49B6 #B6DD49

tetradic

#49B6DD #BA49DD #DD7049 #6CDD49

square

#49B6DD #BA49DD #DD7049 #6CDD49

split-complementary

#49B6DD #DD496C #DDBA49

monochromatic

#1B7291 #259AC4 #49B6DD #7DCBE7 #B0DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49B6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#49B6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6DD

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6DD	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce7',
    500: '#49b6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6dd;
$custom-light: #8ccce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72952,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6DD

secondary

#DFB3A3

accent

#6B3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6DD

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

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