#49BDE8#49BDE8

#49BDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.119 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDE8
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -19.14, -30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 36.36, 238.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0822 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.119 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5049, 43.6339, 82.8793)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDE8 #E87449

analogous

#49E8C3 #49BDE8 #496EE8

triadic

#49BDE8 #E849BD #BDE849

tetradic

#49BDE8 #C349E8 #E87449 #6EE849

square

#49BDE8 #C349E8 #E87449 #6EE849

split-complementary

#49BDE8 #E8496E #E8C349

monochromatic

#147CA2 #1BA5D8 #49BDE8 #7FD1EF #B6E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#49BDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#49BDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDE8

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDE8	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.119 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ef',
    500: '#49bde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bde8;
$custom-light: #8ed1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.226,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7505,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDE8

secondary

#E5B8A8

accent

#6834F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDE8

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

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