#49BBD8#49BBD8

#49BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.109 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBD8
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -23.09, -24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 33.31, 226.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0862 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.109 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9075, 41.9114, 71.3078)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBD8 #D86649

analogous

#49D8AE #49BBD8 #4974D8

triadic

#49BBD8 #D849BB #BBD849

tetradic

#49BBD8 #AE49D8 #D86649 #74D849

square

#49BBD8 #AE49D8 #D86649 #74D849

split-complementary

#49BBD8 #D84974 #D8AE49

monochromatic

#1D7389 #289EBC #49BBD8 #7BCEE3 #AEE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#49BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBD8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBD8	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.109 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe4',
    500: '#49bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbd8;
$custom-light: #8ccfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.168,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73915,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBD8

secondary

#DCADA1

accent

#6240E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBD8

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

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