#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
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 240)
HSL	hsl(198, 85%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -16.60, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 38.53, 244.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0794 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.126 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6671, 44.0988, 89.0006)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##49BDF0	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDF0

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

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