#49B8DB#49B8DB

#49B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8DB
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -20.63, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 33.84, 232.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.082 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.111 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6691, 40.8083, 73.1592)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8DB #DB6C49

analogous

#49DBB5 #49B8DB #496FDB

triadic

#49B8DB #DB49B8 #B8DB49

tetradic

#49B8DB #B549DB #DB6C49 #6FDB49

square

#49B8DB #B549DB #DB6C49 #6FDB49

split-complementary

#49B8DB #DB496F #DBB549

monochromatic

#1C728E #269CC1 #49B8DB #7CCCE5 #AFE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#49B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8DB

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8DB	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde6',
    500: '#49b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8db;
$custom-light: #8ccde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.384,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73335,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8DB

secondary

#DDB1A2

accent

#673EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8DB

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

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