#49BADB#49BADB

#49BADB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BADB
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -21.65, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 33.78, 230.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.084 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.111 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0875, 41.6451, 73.2986)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BADB #DB6A49

analogous

#49DBB3 #49BADB #4971DB

triadic

#49BADB #DB49BA #BADB49

tetradic

#49BADB #B349DB #DB6A49 #71DB49

square

#49BADB #B349DB #DB6A49 #71DB49

split-complementary

#49BADB #DB4971 #DBB349

monochromatic

#1C748E #269EC1 #49BADB #7CCDE5 #AFE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BADB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#49BADB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BADB

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BADB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BADB	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49badb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe6',
    500: '#49badb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49badb;
$custom-light: #8ccfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49badb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.562,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73803,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BADB

secondary

#DDB0A2

accent

#653EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BADB

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

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