#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
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -23.50, -22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 32.87, 224.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0863 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.107 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3118, 41.3349, 69.2134)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##49BAD5	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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