#49BDE1#49BDE1

#49BDE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDE1
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 225)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 16%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -21.33, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 34.82, 232.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0848 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.114 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5303, 43.2441, 77.7467)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDE1 #E16D49

analogous

#49E1B9 #49BDE1 #4971E1

triadic

#49BDE1 #E149BD #BDE149

tetradic

#49BDE1 #B949E1 #E16D49 #71E149

square

#49BDE1 #B949E1 #E16D49 #71E149

split-complementary

#49BDE1 #E14971 #E1B949

monochromatic

#197997 #22A3CB #49BDE1 #7ED0EA #B2E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#49BDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#49BDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDE1

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDE1	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ea',
    500: '#49bde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bde1;
$custom-light: #8dd1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74753,
    "c": 0.1144,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDE1

secondary

#E1B3A5

accent

#6439EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDE1

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

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