#49BCDE#49BCDE

#49BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.113 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCDE
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -21.75, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 34.28, 230.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0849 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.113 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9103, 42.6531, 75.5388)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCDE #DE6B49

analogous

#49DEB5 #49BCDE #4972DE

triadic

#49BCDE #DE49BC #BCDE49

tetradic

#49BCDE #B549DE #DE6B49 #72DE49

square

#49BCDE #B549DE #DE6B49 #72DE49

split-complementary

#49BCDE #DE4972 #DEB549

monochromatic

#1A7792 #24A1C6 #49BCDE #7DCFE7 #B1E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#49BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#49BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCDE

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCDE	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.113 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0e8',
    500: '#49bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcde;
$custom-light: #8dd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.691,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74395,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCDE

secondary

#DFB1A4

accent

#643CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCDE

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

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