#49BDF0#49BDF0

#49BDF0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49BDF0
RGBrgb(73, 189, 240)
HSLhsl(198, 85%, 61%)
HSVhsv(198, 70%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.29, -16.60, -34.77)
CIE-LCHlch(72.29, 38.53, 244.48°)
OKLaboklab(75.4% -0.0794 -0.0976)
OKLCHoklch(75.4% 0.126 230.9)
XYZxyz(36.6671, 44.0988, 89.0006)
Luminance0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49BDF0 #F07C49
analogous
#49F0CF #49BDF0 #496AF0
triadic
#49BDF0 #F049BD #BDF049
tetradic
#49BDF0 #CF49F0 #F07C49 #6AF049
square
#49BDF0 #CF49F0 #F07C49 #6AF049
split-complementary
#49BDF0 #F0496A #F0CF49
monochromatic
#0F7FB0 #13A7E9 #49BDF0 #82D2F5 #BAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#49BDF0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82
#49BDF0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDF0
9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49BDF0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49BDF01.002.149.829.82
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8221.001.001.00
##0000009.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3BBF2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CAAEF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49bdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 230.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0f5',
    500: '#49bdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49bdf0;
$custom-light: #8fd0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49bdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.323,
    "s": 84.772,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75402,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49BDF0
secondary
#EABEAB
accent
#4804E1
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1417
muted
#7E8285

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#49BDF0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva