#49AEDB#49AEDB

#49AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.113 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEDB
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -15.38, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 34.89, 243.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0719 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.113 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6648, 36.7997, 72.4911)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEDB #DB7649

analogous

#49DBBF #49AEDB #4965DB

triadic

#49AEDB #DB49AE #AEDB49

tetradic

#49AEDB #BF49DB #DB7649 #65DB49

square

#49AEDB #BF49DB #DB7649 #65DB49

split-complementary

#49AEDB #DB4965 #DBBF49

monochromatic

#1C6B8E #2691C1 #49AEDB #7CC5E5 #AFDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#49AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEDB

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEDB	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.113 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e6',
    500: '#49aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aedb;
$custom-light: #8bc6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.493,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71005,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEDB

secondary

#DDB5A2

accent

#733EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEDB

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

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