#49B6DE#49B6DE

#49B6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6DE
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -18.65, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 34.64, 237.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0789 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.114 226)
XYZ	xyz(32.6551, 40.1427, 75.1204)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6DE #DE7149

analogous

#49DEBB #49B6DE #496CDE

triadic

#49B6DE #DE49B6 #B6DE49

tetradic

#49B6DE #BB49DE #DE7149 #6CDE49

square

#49B6DE #BB49DE #DE7149 #6CDE49

split-complementary

#49B6DE #DE496C #DEBB49

monochromatic

#1A7292 #249AC6 #49B6DE #7DCBE7 #B1E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49B6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#49B6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6DE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6DE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce8',
    500: '#49b6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6de;
$custom-light: #8ccce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.107,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72995,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.40146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6DE

secondary

#DFB4A4

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6DE

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

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