#49BDD5#49BDD5

#49BDD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.108 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDD5
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -25.01, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 33.07, 220.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0894 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.108 214)
XYZ	xyz(32.9505, 42.6121, 69.4263)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDD5 #D56149

analogous

#49D5A7 #49BDD5 #4977D5

triadic

#49BDD5 #D549BD #BDD549

tetradic

#49BDD5 #A749D5 #D56149 #77D549

square

#49BDD5 #A749D5 #D56149 #77D549

split-complementary

#49BDD5 #D54977 #D5A749

monochromatic

#1F7385 #2A9FB7 #49BDD5 #7BCFE0 #ACE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#49BDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#49BDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDD5

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDD5	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)

#ABB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.108 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e2',
    500: '#49bdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdd5;
$custom-light: #8cd1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74266,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.42616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDD5

secondary

#DAAAA0

accent

#5E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDD5

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

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