#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
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -20.94, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 33.64, 231.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0824 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.11 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5379, 40.7558, 72.4679)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##49B8DA	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49B8DA

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

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