#49BCDD#49BCDD

#49BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.112 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCDD
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -22.06, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 34.11, 229.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0853 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.112 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7767, 42.5996, 74.8350)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCDD #DD6A49

analogous

#49DDB4 #49BCDD #4972DD

triadic

#49BCDD #DD49BC #BCDD49

tetradic

#49BCDD #B449DD #DD6A49 #72DD49

square

#49BCDD #B449DD #DD6A49 #72DD49

split-complementary

#49BCDD #DD4972 #DDB449

monochromatic

#1B7691 #25A1C4 #49BCDD #7DCFE7 #B0E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#49BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#49BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCDD

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCDD	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.112 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e7',
    500: '#49bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcdd;
$custom-light: #8cd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.378,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74353,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCDD

secondary

#DFB0A3

accent

#633CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCDD

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

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