#49BADF#49BADF

#49BADF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BADF
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -20.41, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 34.56, 233.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0825 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.113 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6204, 41.8583, 76.1053)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BADF #DF6E49

analogous

#49DFB9 #49BADF #496FDF

triadic

#49BADF #DF49BA #BADF49

tetradic

#49BADF #B949DF #DF6E49 #6FDF49

square

#49BADF #B949DF #DF6E49 #6FDF49

split-complementary

#49BADF #DF496F #DFB949

monochromatic

#1A7694 #239FC8 #49BADF #7DCEE8 #B1E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BADF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#49BADF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BADF

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BADF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BADF	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49badf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee9',
    500: '#49badf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49badf;
$custom-light: #8dcee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49badf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.8,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7397,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BADF

secondary

#E0B3A4

accent

#673BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BADF

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

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