#49AEDA#49AEDA

#49AEDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.113 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEDA
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -15.69, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 34.59, 243.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0723 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.113 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5336, 36.7472, 71.7998)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEDA #DA7549

analogous

#49DABE #49AEDA #4966DA

triadic

#49AEDA #DA49AE #AEDA49

tetradic

#49AEDA #BE49DA #DA7549 #66DA49

square

#49AEDA #BE49DA #DA7549 #66DA49

split-complementary

#49AEDA #DA4966 #DABE49

monochromatic

#1C6A8C #2791BF #49AEDA #7CC5E4 #AFDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49AEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#49AEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEDA

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEDA	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aeda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.113 230.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aeda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7096,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEDA

secondary

#DDB4A2

accent

#723FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEDA

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

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