#49ADE0#49ADE0

#49ADE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADE0
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 224)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 22.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -13.23, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 36.67, 248.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0692 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.118 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1405, 36.6821, 75.9457)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADE0 #E07C49

analogous

#49E0C7 #49ADE0 #4961E0

triadic

#49ADE0 #E049AD #ADE049

tetradic

#49ADE0 #C749E0 #E07C49 #61E049

square

#49ADE0 #C749E0 #E07C49 #61E049

split-complementary

#49ADE0 #E04961 #E0C749

monochromatic

#196B95 #2291C9 #49ADE0 #7DC5E9 #B2DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#49ADE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#49ADE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADE0

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADE0	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ade0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5ea',
    500: '#49ade0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ade0;
$custom-light: #8cc5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ade0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.265,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71001,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADE0

secondary

#E0B9A4

accent

#773AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADE0

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

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