#49BBDE#49BBDE

#49BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBDE
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -21.24, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 34.31, 231.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0839 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.113 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6974, 42.2273, 75.4678)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBDE #DE6C49

analogous

#49DEB6 #49BBDE #4970DE

triadic

#49BBDE #DE49BB #BBDE49

tetradic

#49BBDE #B649DE #DE6C49 #70DE49

square

#49BBDE #B649DE #DE6C49 #70DE49

split-complementary

#49BBDE #DE4970 #DEB649

monochromatic

#1A7692 #24A0C6 #49BBDE #7DCEE7 #B1E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#49BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBDE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBDE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfe8',
    500: '#49bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbde;
$custom-light: #8dcfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.094,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74161,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBDE

secondary

#DFB2A4

accent

#653CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBDE

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

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