#49B8DD#49B8DD

#49B8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8DD
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -20.00, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 34.25, 234.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0812 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.112 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9340, 40.9143, 74.5542)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8DD #DD6E49

analogous

#49DDB8 #49B8DD #496EDD

triadic

#49B8DD #DD49B8 #B8DD49

tetradic

#49B8DD #B849DD #DD6E49 #6EDD49

square

#49B8DD #B849DD #DD6E49 #6EDD49

split-complementary

#49B8DD #DD496E #DDB849

monochromatic

#1B7391 #259CC4 #49B8DD #7DCCE7 #B0E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49B8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#49B8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8DD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8DD	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde7',
    500: '#49b8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8dd;
$custom-light: #8ccde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73419,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8DD

secondary

#DFB2A3

accent

#683CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8DD

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

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