#49BDDC#49BDDC

#49BDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDDC
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -22.88, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 33.94, 227.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0866 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.111 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8582, 42.9752, 74.2069)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDDC #DC6849

analogous

#49DCB1 #49BDDC #4974DC

triadic

#49BDDC #DC49BD #BDDC49

tetradic

#49BDDC #B149DC #DC6849 #74DC49

square

#49BDDC #B149DC #DC6849 #74DC49

split-complementary

#49BDDC #DC4974 #DCB149

monochromatic

#1C778F #25A1C2 #49BDDC #7CD0E6 #B0E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#49BDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#49BDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDDC

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDDC	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e7',
    500: '#49bddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bddc;
$custom-light: #8cd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.653,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDDC

secondary

#DEAFA3

accent

#623DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDDC

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

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