#49AFDE#49AFDE

#49AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFDE
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -14.95, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 35.62, 245.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0719 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.116 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2572, 37.3469, 74.6544)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFDE #DE7849

analogous

#49DEC2 #49AFDE #4965DE

triadic

#49AFDE #DE49AF #AFDE49

tetradic

#49AFDE #C249DE #DE7849 #65DE49

square

#49AFDE #C249DE #DE7849 #65DE49

split-complementary

#49AFDE #DE4965 #DEC249

monochromatic

#1A6C92 #2493C6 #49AFDE #7DC6E7 #B1DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#49AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#49AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFDE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFDE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e8',
    500: '#49afde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afde;
$custom-light: #8cc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.926,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71371,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFDE

secondary

#DFB6A4

accent

#733CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFDE

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

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