#49B5DE#49B5DE

#49B5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5DE
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -18.12, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 34.74, 238.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0779 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.114 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4510, 39.7346, 75.0524)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5DE #DE7249

analogous

#49DEBC #49B5DE #496ADE

triadic

#49B5DE #DE49B5 #B5DE49

tetradic

#49B5DE #BC49DE #DE7249 #6ADE49

square

#49B5DE #BC49DE #DE7249 #6ADE49

split-complementary

#49B5DE #DE496A #DEBC49

monochromatic

#1A7192 #2499C6 #49B5DE #7DCAE7 #B1DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49B5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#49B5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5DE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5DE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe8',
    500: '#49b5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5de;
$custom-light: #8ccbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.51,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72763,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5DE

secondary

#DFB4A4

accent

#6C3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5DE

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

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