#49BBDF#49BBDF

#49BBDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBDF
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -20.93, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 34.51, 232.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0835 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.113 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8318, 42.2811, 76.1758)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBDF #DF6D49

analogous

#49DFB8 #49BBDF #4970DF

triadic

#49BBDF #DF49BB #BBDF49

tetradic

#49BBDF #B849DF #DF6D49 #70DF49

square

#49BBDF #B849DF #DF6D49 #70DF49

split-complementary

#49BBDF #DF4970 #DFB849

monochromatic

#1A7694 #23A0C8 #49BBDF #7DCEE8 #B1E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#49BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBDF

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBDF	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfe9',
    500: '#49bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbdf;
$custom-light: #8dcfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74203,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBDF

secondary

#E0B2A4

accent

#663BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBDF

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

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