#49AED2#49AED2

#49AED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.106 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AED2
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -18.22, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 32.49, 235.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0752 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.106 225)
XYZ	xyz(29.5119, 36.3386, 66.4190)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AED2 #D26D49

analogous

#49D2B1 #49AED2 #496AD2

triadic

#49AED2 #D249AE #AED249

tetradic

#49AED2 #B149D2 #D26D49 #6AD249

square

#49AED2 #B149D2 #D26D49 #6AD249

split-complementary

#49AED2 #D2496A #D2B149

monochromatic

#206781 #2C8FB2 #49AED2 #7AC4DE #ABDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49AED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#49AED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AED2

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AED2	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.106 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e0',
    500: '#49aed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aed2;
$custom-light: #8ac6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.766,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70611,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.36342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AED2

secondary

#D8AE9F

accent

#6E44E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AED2

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

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