#49B1DE#49B1DE

#49B1DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1DE
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -16.01, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 35.28, 243.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0739 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.115 230)
XYZ	xyz(31.6494, 38.1312, 74.7852)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1DE #DE7649

analogous

#49DEC1 #49B1DE #4966DE

triadic

#49B1DE #DE49B1 #B1DE49

tetradic

#49B1DE #C149DE #DE7649 #66DE49

square

#49B1DE #C149DE #DE7649 #66DE49

split-complementary

#49B1DE #DE4966 #DEC149

monochromatic

#1A6E92 #2495C6 #49B1DE #7DC7E7 #B1DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#49B1DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#49B1DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1DE

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1DE	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8e8',
    500: '#49b1de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1de;
$custom-light: #8cc8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.121,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71834,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.38135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1DE

secondary

#DFB6A4

accent

#713CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1DE

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

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