#49B8D9#49B8D9

#49B8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8D9
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -21.25, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 33.46, 230.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0827 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.11 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4074, 40.7037, 71.7808)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8D9 #D96A49

analogous

#49D9B2 #49B8D9 #4970D9

triadic

#49B8D9 #D949B8 #B8D949

tetradic

#49B8D9 #B249D9 #D96A49 #70D949

square

#49B8D9 #B249D9 #D96A49 #70D949

split-complementary

#49B8D9 #D94970 #D9B249

monochromatic

#1D728B #289BBD #49B8D9 #7CCCE4 #AEE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#49B8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#49B8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8D9

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8D9	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde4',
    500: '#49b8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8d9;
$custom-light: #8ccde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73251,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8D9

secondary

#DCAFA2

accent

#663FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8D9

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

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