#49B7DB#49B7DB

#49B7DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7DB
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -20.11, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 33.88, 233.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.081 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.111 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4621, 40.3944, 73.0902)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7DB #DB6D49

analogous

#49DBB6 #49B7DB #496EDB

triadic

#49B7DB #DB49B7 #B7DB49

tetradic

#49B7DB #B649DB #DB6D49 #6EDB49

square

#49B7DB #B649DB #DB6D49 #6EDB49

split-complementary

#49B7DB #DB496E #DBB649

monochromatic

#1C728E #269BC1 #49B7DB #7CCBE5 #AFDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49B7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#49B7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7DB

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7DB	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce6',
    500: '#49b7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7db;
$custom-light: #8ccce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73101,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7DB

secondary

#DDB1A2

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7DB

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

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