#49BAD8#49BAD8

#49BAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAD8
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -22.58, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 33.29, 227.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0852 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.109 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6961, 41.4886, 71.2374)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAD8 #D86749

analogous

#49D8AE #49BAD8 #4973D8

triadic

#49BAD8 #D849BA #BAD849

tetradic

#49BAD8 #AE49D8 #D86749 #73D849

square

#49BAD8 #AE49D8 #D86749 #73D849

split-complementary

#49BAD8 #D84973 #D8AE49

monochromatic

#1D7389 #289DBC #49BAD8 #7BCDE3 #AEE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#49BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAD8

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAD8	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe4',
    500: '#49bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bad8;
$custom-light: #8ccfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.587,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7368,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAD8

secondary

#DCADA1

accent

#6340E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAD8

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

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