#49BDDB#49BDDB

#49BDDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDDB
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -23.18, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 33.79, 226.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.087 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.111 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7262, 42.9224, 73.5115)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDDB #DB6749

analogous

#49DBB0 #49BDDB #4974DB

triadic

#49BDDB #DB49BD #BDDB49

tetradic

#49BDDB #B049DB #DB6749 #74DB49

square

#49BDDB #B049DB #DB6749 #74DB49

split-complementary

#49BDDB #DB4974 #DBB049

monochromatic

#1C768E #26A1C1 #49BDDB #7CD0E5 #AFE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#49BDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#49BDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDDB

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDDB	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e6',
    500: '#49bddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bddb;
$custom-light: #8cd1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.329,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74506,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDDB

secondary

#DDAEA2

accent

#613EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDDB

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

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