#49AED3#49AED3

#49AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.107 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AED3
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -17.91, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 32.73, 236.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0748 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.107 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6369, 36.3886, 67.0772)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AED3 #D36E49

analogous

#49D3B3 #49AED3 #4969D3

triadic

#49AED3 #D349AE #AED349

tetradic

#49AED3 #B349D3 #D36E49 #69D349

square

#49AED3 #B349D3 #D36E49 #69D349

split-complementary

#49AED3 #D34969 #D3B349

monochromatic

#1F6882 #2B8FB3 #49AED3 #7AC4DF #ACDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#49AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AED3

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AED3	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.107 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e0',
    500: '#49aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aed3;
$custom-light: #8ac6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AED3

secondary

#D9AF9F

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AED3

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

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