#49BAD9#49BAD9

#49BAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAD9
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -22.27, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 33.44, 228.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0848 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.11 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8258, 41.5404, 71.9203)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAD9 #D96849

analogous

#49D9B0 #49BAD9 #4972D9

triadic

#49BAD9 #D949BA #BAD949

tetradic

#49BAD9 #B049D9 #D96849 #72D949

square

#49BAD9 #B049D9 #D96849 #72D949

split-complementary

#49BAD9 #D94972 #D9B049

monochromatic

#1D738B #289DBD #49BAD9 #7CCDE4 #AEE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#49BAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAD9

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAD9	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe4',
    500: '#49bad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bad9;
$custom-light: #8ccfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.917,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7372,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAD9

secondary

#DCAEA2

accent

#643FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAD9

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

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