#49BAD4#49BAD4

#49BAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAD4
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -23.80, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 32.74, 223.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0867 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.107 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1853, 41.2842, 68.5470)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAD4 #D46349

analogous

#49D4A8 #49BAD4 #4974D4

triadic

#49BAD4 #D449BA #BAD449

tetradic

#49BAD4 #A849D4 #D46349 #74D449

square

#49BAD4 #A849D4 #D46349 #74D449

split-complementary

#49BAD4 #D44974 #D4A849

monochromatic

#1F7184 #2B9BB5 #49BAD4 #7BCDE0 #ACE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#49BAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#49BAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAD4

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAD4	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe1',
    500: '#49bad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bad4;
$custom-light: #8bcfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.223,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73518,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAD4

secondary

#D9AAA0

accent

#6143E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAD4

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

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