#49B7DD#49B7DD

#49B7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7DD
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -19.48, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 34.32, 235.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0802 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.113 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7270, 40.5003, 74.4852)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7DD #DD6F49

analogous

#49DDB9 #49B7DD #496DDD

triadic

#49B7DD #DD49B7 #B7DD49

tetradic

#49B7DD #B949DD #DD6F49 #6DDD49

square

#49B7DD #B949DD #DD6F49 #6DDD49

split-complementary

#49B7DD #DD496D #DDB949

monochromatic

#1B7291 #259BC4 #49B7DD #7DCBE7 #B0E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49B7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#49B7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7DD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7DD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce7',
    500: '#49b7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7dd;
$custom-light: #8ccce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73186,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7DD

secondary

#DFB2A3

accent

#693CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7DD

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

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