#49AED9#49AED9

#49AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.112 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AED9
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -16.01, -30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 34.31, 242.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0726 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.112 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4031, 36.6951, 71.1127)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AED9 #D97449

analogous

#49D9BC #49AED9 #4966D9

triadic

#49AED9 #D949AE #AED949

tetradic

#49AED9 #BC49D9 #D97449 #66D949

square

#49AED9 #BC49D9 #D97449 #66D949

split-complementary

#49AED9 #D94966 #D9BC49

monochromatic

#1D6A8B #2891BD #49AED9 #7CC5E4 #AEDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#49AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#49AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AED9

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AED9	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.112 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e5',
    500: '#49aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aed9;
$custom-light: #8bc6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70916,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AED9

secondary

#DCB3A2

accent

#723FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AED9

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

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