#49B9DB#49B9DB

#49B9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9DB
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -21.14, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 33.80, 231.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.083 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.111 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8776, 41.2253, 73.2287)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9DB #DB6B49

analogous

#49DBB4 #49B9DB #4970DB

triadic

#49B9DB #DB49B9 #B9DB49

tetradic

#49B9DB #B449DB #DB6B49 #70DB49

square

#49B9DB #B449DB #DB6B49 #70DB49

split-complementary

#49B9DB #DB4970 #DBB449

monochromatic

#1C738E #269DC1 #49B9DB #7CCDE5 #AFE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#49B9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#49B9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9DB

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9DB	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee6',
    500: '#49b9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9db;
$custom-light: #8ccee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.973,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73569,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9DB

secondary

#DDB0A2

accent

#663EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9DB

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

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