#49BAD5#49BAD5

#49BAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49BAD5
RGBrgb(73, 186, 213)
HSLhsl(192, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(192, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.41, -23.50, -22.98)
CIE-LCHlch(70.41, 32.87, 224.37°)
OKLaboklab(73.56% -0.0863 -0.064)
OKLCHoklch(73.56% 0.107 216.5)
XYZxyz(32.3118, 41.3349, 69.2134)
Luminance0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49BAD5 #D56449
analogous
#49D5AA #49BAD5 #4974D5
triadic
#49BAD5 #D549BA #BAD549
tetradic
#49BAD5 #AA49D5 #D56449 #74D549
square
#49BAD5 #AA49D5 #D56449 #74D549
split-complementary
#49BAD5 #D54974 #D5AA49
monochromatic
#1F7185 #2A9CB7 #49BAD5 #7BCDE0 #ACE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#49BAD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27
#49BAD5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAD5
9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49BAD5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49BAD51.002.279.279.27
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2721.001.001.00
##0000009.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8B5D7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94A6D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49bad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 216.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe2',
    500: '#49bad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49bad5;
$custom-light: #8bcfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49bad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73558,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49BAD5
secondary
#DAABA0
accent
#6242E6
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAD5

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

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#49BAD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva