#49AED6#49AED6

#49AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.109 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AED6
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -16.97, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 33.48, 239.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0737 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.109 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0165, 36.5404, 69.0764)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AED6 #D67149

analogous

#49D6B8 #49AED6 #4968D6

triadic

#49AED6 #D649AE #AED649

tetradic

#49AED6 #B849D6 #D67149 #68D649

square

#49AED6 #B849D6 #D67149 #68D649

split-complementary

#49AED6 #D64968 #D6B849

monochromatic

#1E6986 #2A90B8 #49AED6 #7BC4E1 #ADDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#49AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AED6

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AED6	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.109 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e2',
    500: '#49aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aed6;
$custom-light: #8bc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.021,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70784,
    "c": 0.10932,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AED6

secondary

#DAB1A0

accent

#7042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AED6

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

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