#49AADE#49AADE

#49AADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.118 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AADE
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -12.25, -34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 36.68, 250.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0669 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.118 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3020, 35.4366, 74.3361)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AADE #DE7D49

analogous

#49DEC8 #49AADE #495FDE

triadic

#49AADE #DE49AA #AADE49

tetradic

#49AADE #C849DE #DE7D49 #5FDE49

square

#49AADE #C849DE #DE7D49 #5FDE49

split-complementary

#49AADE #DE495F #DEC849

monochromatic

#1A6892 #248DC6 #49AADE #7DC2E7 #B1DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#49AADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#49AADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AADE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AADE	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.118 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3e8',
    500: '#49aade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aade;
$custom-light: #8cc3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.94,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70217,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AADE

secondary

#DFB8A4

accent

#793CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AADE

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

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