#49BCDF#49BCDF

#49BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.113 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCDF
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -21.44, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 34.47, 231.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0845 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.113 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0447, 42.7069, 76.2467)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCDF #DF6C49

analogous

#49DFB7 #49BCDF #4971DF

triadic

#49BCDF #DF49BC #BCDF49

tetradic

#49BCDF #B749DF #DF6C49 #71DF49

square

#49BCDF #B749DF #DF6C49 #71DF49

split-complementary

#49BCDF #DF4971 #DFB749

monochromatic

#1A7794 #23A1C8 #49BCDF #7DCFE8 #B1E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#49BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#49BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCDF

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCDF	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.113 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0e9',
    500: '#49bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcdf;
$custom-light: #8dd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74436,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCDF

secondary

#E0B2A4

accent

#643BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCDF

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

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