#49B0DE#49B0DE

#49B0DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.115 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0DE
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -15.48, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 35.44, 244.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0729 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.115 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4526, 37.7376, 74.7196)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0DE #DE7749

analogous

#49DEC1 #49B0DE #4966DE

triadic

#49B0DE #DE49B0 #B0DE49

tetradic

#49B0DE #C149DE #DE7749 #66DE49

square

#49B0DE #C149DE #DE7749 #66DE49

split-complementary

#49B0DE #DE4966 #DEC149

monochromatic

#1A6D92 #2494C6 #49B0DE #7DC6E7 #B1DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#49B0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0DE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0DE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.115 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e8',
    500: '#49b0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0de;
$custom-light: #8cc7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.523,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71603,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0DE

secondary

#DFB6A4

accent

#723CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0DE

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

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