#49BDD7#49BDD7

#49BDD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.109 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDD7
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 215)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 12.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -24.40, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 33.28, 222.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0886 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.109 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2059, 42.7143, 70.7715)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDD7 #D76349

analogous

#49D7AA #49BDD7 #4976D7

triadic

#49BDD7 #D749BD #BDD749

tetradic

#49BDD7 #AA49D7 #D76349 #76D749

square

#49BDD7 #AA49D7 #D76349 #76D749

split-complementary

#49BDD7 #D74976 #D7AA49

monochromatic

#1E7488 #299FBA #49BDD7 #7BCFE2 #ADE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#49BDD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#49BDD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDD7

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDD7	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)

#ABB7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.109 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e3',
    500: '#49bdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdd7;
$custom-light: #8cd1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.986,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74345,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDD7

secondary

#DBABA1

accent

#5F41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDD7

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

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