#49AED5#49AED5

#49AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.109 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AED5
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -17.28, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 33.22, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0741 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.109 227)
XYZ	xyz(29.8892, 36.4895, 68.4059)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AED5 #D57049

analogous

#49D5B6 #49AED5 #4968D5

triadic

#49AED5 #D549AE #AED549

tetradic

#49AED5 #B649D5 #D57049 #68D549

square

#49AED5 #B649D5 #D57049 #68D549

split-complementary

#49AED5 #D54968 #D5B649

monochromatic

#1F6885 #2A90B7 #49AED5 #7BC4E0 #ACDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#49AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AED5

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AED5	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.109 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e2',
    500: '#49aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aed5;
$custom-light: #8bc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.714,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7074,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.36493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AED5

secondary

#DAB0A0

accent

#7042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AED5

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

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