#49BDE4#49BDE4

#49BDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDE4
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -20.40, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 35.44, 234.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0836 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.116 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9432, 43.4092, 79.9210)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDE4 #E47049

analogous

#49E4BE #49BDE4 #4970E4

triadic

#49BDE4 #E449BD #BDE449

tetradic

#49BDE4 #BE49E4 #E47049 #70E449

square

#49BDE4 #BE49E4 #E47049 #70E449

split-complementary

#49BDE4 #E44970 #E4BE49

monochromatic

#177A9C #1FA4D1 #49BDE4 #7ED0EC #B4E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#49BDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#49BDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDE4

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDE4	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ec',
    500: '#49bde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bde4;
$custom-light: #8dd1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.097,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74879,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDE4

secondary

#E3B5A6

accent

#6637F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDE4

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

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