#49B7DE#49B7DE

#49B7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7DE
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -19.17, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 34.55, 236.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0799 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.113 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8606, 40.5538, 75.1889)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7DE #DE7049

analogous

#49DEBB #49B7DE #496CDE

triadic

#49B7DE #DE49B7 #B7DE49

tetradic

#49B7DE #BB49DE #DE7049 #6CDE49

square

#49B7DE #BB49DE #DE7049 #6CDE49

split-complementary

#49B7DE #DE496C #DEBB49

monochromatic

#1A7392 #249CC6 #49B7DE #7DCBE7 #B1E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#49B7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#49B7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7DE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7DE	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce8',
    500: '#49b7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7de;
$custom-light: #8ccce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.705,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73228,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7DE

secondary

#DFB3A4

accent

#6A3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7DE

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

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