#49BDE0#49BDE0

#49BDE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.114 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDE0
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -21.64, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 34.63, 231.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0851 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.114 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3943, 43.1897, 77.0303)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDE0 #E06C49

analogous

#49E0B7 #49BDE0 #4971E0

triadic

#49BDE0 #E049BD #BDE049

tetradic

#49BDE0 #B749E0 #E06C49 #71E049

square

#49BDE0 #B749E0 #E06C49 #71E049

split-complementary

#49BDE0 #E04971 #E0B749

monochromatic

#197895 #22A3C9 #49BDE0 #7DD0E9 #B2E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#49BDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#49BDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDE0

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDE0	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.114 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1e9',
    500: '#49bde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bde0;
$custom-light: #8dd1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.907,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74711,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDE0

secondary

#E0B2A4

accent

#643AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDE0

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

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