#49AED8#49AED8

#49AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.111 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AED8
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -16.33, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 34.02, 241.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.073 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.111 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2734, 36.6432, 70.4298)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AED8 #D87349

analogous

#49D8BA #49AED8 #4967D8

triadic

#49AED8 #D849AE #AED849

tetradic

#49AED8 #BA49D8 #D87349 #67D849

square

#49AED8 #BA49D8 #D87349 #67D849

split-complementary

#49AED8 #D84967 #D8BA49

monochromatic

#1D6A89 #2890BC #49AED8 #7BC4E3 #AEDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#49AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#49AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AED8

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AED8	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.111 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e4',
    500: '#49aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aed8;
$custom-light: #8bc6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.622,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AED8

secondary

#DCB2A1

accent

#7140E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AED8

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

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