#49BDDF#49BDDF

#49BDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDDF
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -21.95, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 34.45, 230.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0855 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.113 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2591, 43.1356, 76.3182)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDDF #DF6B49

analogous

#49DFB6 #49BDDF #4972DF

triadic

#49BDDF #DF49BD #BDDF49

tetradic

#49BDDF #B649DF #DF6B49 #72DF49

square

#49BDDF #B649DF #DF6B49 #72DF49

split-complementary

#49BDDF #DF4972 #DFB649

monochromatic

#1A7894 #23A2C8 #49BDDF #7DD0E8 #B1E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#49BDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#49BDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDDF

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDDF	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1e9',
    500: '#49bddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bddf;
$custom-light: #8dd1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.6,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7467,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDDF

secondary

#E0B2A4

accent

#633BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDDF

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

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