#49BAD3#49BAD3

#49BAD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49BAD3
RGBrgb(73, 186, 211)
HSLhsl(191, 61%, 56%)
HSVhsv(191, 65%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.34, -24.10, -22.00)
CIE-LCHlch(70.34, 32.63, 222.38°)
OKLaboklab(73.48% -0.0871 -0.0612)
OKLCHoklch(73.48% 0.106 215.1)
XYZxyz(32.0596, 41.2339, 67.8847)
Luminance0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49BAD3 #D36249
analogous
#49D3A7 #49BAD3 #4975D3
triadic
#49BAD3 #D349BA #BAD349
tetradic
#49BAD3 #A749D3 #D36249 #75D349
square
#49BAD3 #A749D3 #D36249 #75D349
split-complementary
#49BAD3 #D34975 #D3A749
monochromatic
#1F7082 #2B9BB3 #49BAD3 #7ACDDF #ACDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#49BAD3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25
#49BAD3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAD3
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49BAD3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49BAD31.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8B4D4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95A6D3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49bad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 215.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe0',
    500: '#49bad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49bad3;
$custom-light: #8bcfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49bad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.87,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73478,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49BAD3
secondary
#D9AA9F
accent
#6144E4
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAD3

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#49BAD3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva