#49AED1#49AED1

#49AED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.106 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AED1
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 209)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -18.54, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 32.26, 234.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0756 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.106 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3877, 36.2889, 65.7649)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AED1 #D16C49

analogous

#49D1B0 #49AED1 #496AD1

triadic

#49AED1 #D149AE #AED149

tetradic

#49AED1 #B049D1 #D16C49 #6AD149

square

#49AED1 #B049D1 #D16C49 #6AD149

split-complementary

#49AED1 #D1496A #D1B049

monochromatic

#20677F #2D8EB0 #49AED1 #7AC4DD #ABD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49AED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#49AED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AED1

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AED1	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.106 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6df',
    500: '#49aed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aed1;
$custom-light: #8ac6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.441,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70568,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AED1

secondary

#D7AD9E

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AED1

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

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