#49BDE6#49BDE6

#49BDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDE6
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -19.77, -29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 35.88, 236.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0829 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.118 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2224, 43.5209, 81.3916)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDE6 #E67249

analogous

#49E6C1 #49BDE6 #496FE6

triadic

#49BDE6 #E649BD #BDE649

tetradic

#49BDE6 #C149E6 #E67249 #6FE649

square

#49BDE6 #C149E6 #E67249 #6FE649

split-complementary

#49BDE6 #E6496F #E6C149

monochromatic

#167B9F #1DA5D5 #49BDE6 #7FD1ED #B5E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#49BDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#49BDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDE6

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDE6	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ee',
    500: '#49bde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bde6;
$custom-light: #8ed1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.669,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74964,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDE6

secondary

#E4B7A7

accent

#6735F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDE6

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

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