#49BDDE#49BDDE

#49BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDDE
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -22.26, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 34.27, 229.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0859 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.113 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1247, 43.0818, 75.6103)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDDE #DE6A49

analogous

#49DEB5 #49BDDE #4972DE

triadic

#49BDDE #DE49BD #BDDE49

tetradic

#49BDDE #B549DE #DE6A49 #72DE49

square

#49BDDE #B549DE #DE6A49 #72DE49

split-complementary

#49BDDE #DE4972 #DEB549

monochromatic

#1A7892 #24A2C6 #49BDDE #7DD0E7 #B1E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#49BDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#49BDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDDE

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDDE	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1e8',
    500: '#49bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdde;
$custom-light: #8dd1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.289,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74629,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDDE

secondary

#DFB1A4

accent

#633CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDDE

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

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