#49BADC#49BADC

#49BADC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BADC
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -21.34, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 33.96, 231.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0836 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.111 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2196, 41.6979, 73.9940)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#49BADC #DC6B49

analogous

#49DCB5 #49BADC #4970DC

triadic

#49BADC #DC49BA #BADC49

tetradic

#49BADC #B549DC #DC6B49 #70DC49

square

#49BADC #B549DC #DC6B49 #70DC49

split-complementary

#49BADC #DC4970 #DCB549

monochromatic

#1C748F #259EC2 #49BADC #7CCDE6 #B0E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#49BADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BADC

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BADC	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49badc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe7',
    500: '#49badc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49badc;
$custom-light: #8ccfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49badc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.878,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73844,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BADC

secondary

#DEB0A3

accent

#653DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BADC

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

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