#49B4DE#49B4DE

#49B4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4DE
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -17.60, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 34.85, 239.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0769 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.114 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2484, 39.3294, 74.9849)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4DE #DE7349

analogous

#49DEBE #49B4DE #4969DE

triadic

#49B4DE #DE49B4 #B4DE49

tetradic

#49B4DE #BE49DE #DE7349 #69DE49

square

#49B4DE #BE49DE #DE7349 #69DE49

split-complementary

#49B4DE #DE4969 #DEBE49

monochromatic

#1A7092 #2498C6 #49B4DE #7DC9E7 #B1DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49B4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#49B4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4DE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4DE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae8',
    500: '#49b4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4de;
$custom-light: #8ccae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7253,
    "c": 0.114,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4DE

secondary

#DFB4A4

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4DE

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

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