#49B9DF#49B9DF

#49B9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.114 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9DF
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -19.89, -28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 34.62, 234.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0815 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.114 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4105, 41.4384, 76.0353)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9DF #DF6F49

analogous

#49DFBA #49B9DF #496EDF

triadic

#49B9DF #DF49B9 #B9DF49

tetradic

#49B9DF #BA49DF #DF6F49 #6EDF49

square

#49B9DF #BA49DF #DF6F49 #6EDF49

split-complementary

#49B9DF #DF496E #DFBA49

monochromatic

#1A7594 #239EC8 #49B9DF #7DCDE8 #B1E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49B9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#49B9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9DF

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9DF	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.114 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee9',
    500: '#49b9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9df;
$custom-light: #8dcee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73737,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9DF

secondary

#E0B3A4

accent

#683BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9DF

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

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