#49B8DA#49B8DA

#49B8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B8DA
RGBrgb(73, 184, 218)
HSLhsl(194, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(194, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.00, -20.94, -26.34)
CIE-LCHlch(70.00, 33.64, 231.52°)
OKLaboklab(73.29% -0.0824 -0.0735)
OKLCHoklch(73.29% 0.11 221.7)
XYZxyz(32.5379, 40.7558, 72.4679)
Luminance0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B8DA #DA6B49
analogous
#49DAB4 #49B8DA #4970DA
triadic
#49B8DA #DA49B8 #B8DA49
tetradic
#49B8DA #B449DA #DA6B49 #70DA49
square
#49B8DA #B449DA #DA6B49 #70DA49
split-complementary
#49B8DA #DA4970 #DAB449
monochromatic
#1C728C #279BBF #49B8DA #7CCCE4 #AFE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#49B8DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15
#49B8DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8DA
9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B8DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B8DA1.002.299.159.15
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1521.001.001.00
##0000009.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4B4DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A5DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 221.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde5',
    500: '#49b8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b8da;
$custom-light: #8ccde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.069,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73293,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B8DA
secondary
#DDB0A2
accent
#673FE9
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FC
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#49B8DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva