#49B8D6#49B8D6

#49B8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8D6
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 14%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -22.17, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 32.95, 227.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0839 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.108 219)
XYZ	xyz(32.0208, 40.5490, 69.7445)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8D6 #D66749

analogous

#49D6AE #49B8D6 #4972D6

triadic

#49B8D6 #D649B8 #B8D649

tetradic

#49B8D6 #AE49D6 #D66749 #72D649

square

#49B8D6 #AE49D6 #D66749 #72D649

split-complementary

#49B8D6 #D64972 #D6AE49

monochromatic

#1E7086 #2A9AB8 #49B8D6 #7BCBE1 #ADDFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49B8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#49B8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8D6

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8D6	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde2',
    500: '#49b8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8d6;
$custom-light: #8bcde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73128,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.40552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8D6

secondary

#DAADA0

accent

#6542E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8D6

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

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