#49BDD8#49BDD8

#49BDD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.109 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDD8
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 12.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -24.10, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 33.39, 223.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0882 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.109 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3348, 42.7659, 71.4503)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDD8 #D86449

analogous

#49D8AC #49BDD8 #4976D8

triadic

#49BDD8 #D849BD #BDD849

tetradic

#49BDD8 #AC49D8 #D86449 #76D849

square

#49BDD8 #AC49D8 #D86449 #76D849

split-complementary

#49BDD8 #D84976 #D8AC49

monochromatic

#1D7589 #28A0BC #49BDD8 #7BCFE3 #AEE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#49BDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#49BDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDD8

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDD8	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.109 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e4',
    500: '#49bdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdd8;
$custom-light: #8cd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.329,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74385,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDD8

secondary

#DCACA1

accent

#6040E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDD8

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

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