#49BBDD#49BBDD

#49BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.112 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBDD
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -21.55, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 34.12, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0843 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.112 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5638, 42.1739, 74.7641)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBDD #DD6B49

analogous

#49DDB5 #49BBDD #4971DD

triadic

#49BBDD #DD49BB #BBDD49

tetradic

#49BBDD #B549DD #DD6B49 #71DD49

square

#49BBDD #B549DD #DD6B49 #71DD49

split-complementary

#49BBDD #DD4971 #DDB549

monochromatic

#1B7691 #25A0C4 #49BBDD #7DCEE7 #B0E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#49BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBDD

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBDD	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.112 221.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.784,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7412,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBDD

secondary

#DFB1A3

accent

#653CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBDD

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

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