#49AED4#49AED4

#49AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AED4
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -17.60, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 32.97, 237.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0744 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.108 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7626, 36.4389, 67.7395)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AED4 #D46F49

analogous

#49D4B4 #49AED4 #4968D4

triadic

#49AED4 #D449AE #AED449

tetradic

#49AED4 #B449D4 #D46F49 #68D449

square

#49AED4 #B449D4 #D46F49 #68D449

split-complementary

#49AED4 #D44968 #D4B449

monochromatic

#1F6884 #2B8FB5 #49AED4 #7BC4E0 #ACDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#49AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AED4

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AED4	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e1',
    500: '#49aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aed4;
$custom-light: #8ac6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70697,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AED4

secondary

#D9AFA0

accent

#6F43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AED4

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

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