#49B8DE#49B8DE

#49B8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8DE
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -19.69, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 34.47, 235.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0809 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.113 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0676, 40.9677, 75.2579)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8DE #DE6F49

analogous

#49DEB9 #49B8DE #496DDE

triadic

#49B8DE #DE49B8 #B8DE49

tetradic

#49B8DE #B949DE #DE6F49 #6DDE49

square

#49B8DE #B949DE #DE6F49 #6DDE49

split-complementary

#49B8DE #DE496D #DEB949

monochromatic

#1A7492 #249DC6 #49B8DE #7DCCE7 #B1E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49B8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#49B8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8DE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8DE	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde8',
    500: '#49b8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8de;
$custom-light: #8ccde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.302,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73461,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8DE

secondary

#DFB3A4

accent

#693CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8DE

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

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