#49AEDD#49AEDD

#49AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEDD
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -14.73, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 35.49, 245.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0712 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.115 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9297, 36.9057, 73.8861)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEDD #DD7849

analogous

#49DDC2 #49AEDD #4964DD

triadic

#49AEDD #DD49AE #AEDD49

tetradic

#49AEDD #C249DD #DD7849 #64DD49

square

#49AEDD #C249DD #DD7849 #64DD49

split-complementary

#49AEDD #DD4964 #DDC249

monochromatic

#1B6B91 #2592C4 #49AEDD #7DC5E7 #B0DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#49AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEDD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEDD	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e7',
    500: '#49aedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aedd;
$custom-light: #8cc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.054,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71095,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEDD

secondary

#DFB6A3

accent

#743CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEDD

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

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