#49B8DF#49B8DF

#49B8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.114 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8DF
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -19.38, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 34.69, 236.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0805 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.114 225)
XYZ	xyz(33.2020, 41.0215, 75.9659)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8DF #DF7049

analogous

#49DFBB #49B8DF #496DDF

triadic

#49B8DF #DF49B8 #B8DF49

tetradic

#49B8DF #BB49DF #DF7049 #6DDF49

square

#49B8DF #BB49DF #DF7049 #6DDF49

split-complementary

#49B8DF #DF496D #DFBB49

monochromatic

#1A7494 #239DC8 #49B8DF #7DCCE8 #B1E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49B8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#49B8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8DF

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8DF	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.114 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde9',
    500: '#49b8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8df;
$custom-light: #8ccde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73504,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.41025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8DF

secondary

#E0B4A4

accent

#693BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8DF

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

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