#49AED0#49AED0

#49AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AED0
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -18.85, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 32.04, 233.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0759 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.105 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2643, 36.2395, 65.1149)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AED0 #D06B49

analogous

#49D0AE #49AED0 #496BD0

triadic

#49AED0 #D049AE #AED049

tetradic

#49AED0 #AE49D0 #D06B49 #6BD049

square

#49AED0 #AE49D0 #D06B49 #6BD049

split-complementary

#49AED0 #D0496B #D0AE49

monochromatic

#21677E #2D8EAF #49AED0 #7AC4DD #AAD9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#49AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AED0

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AED0	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6de',
    500: '#49aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aed0;
$custom-light: #8ac6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.111,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70526,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AED0

secondary

#D7AC9E

accent

#6D46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AED0

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

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