#49BDDD#49BDDD

#49BDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.112 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDDD
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -22.57, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 34.10, 228.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0863 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.112 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9910, 43.0284, 74.9065)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDDD #DD6949

analogous

#49DDB3 #49BDDD #4973DD

triadic

#49BDDD #DD49BD #BDDD49

tetradic

#49BDDD #B349DD #DD6949 #73DD49

square

#49BDDD #B349DD #DD6949 #73DD49

split-complementary

#49BDDD #DD4973 #DDB349

monochromatic

#1B7791 #25A2C4 #49BDDD #7DD0E7 #B0E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#49BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#49BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDDD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDDD	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.112 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1e7',
    500: '#49bddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bddd;
$custom-light: #8dd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74588,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDDD

secondary

#DFB0A3

accent

#623CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDDD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →