#49BDFB#49BDFB

#49BDFB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.136 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49BDFB
RGBrgb(73, 189, 251)
HSLhsl(201, 96%, 64%)
HSVhsv(201, 71%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(70.9%, 24.7%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LABlab(72.74, -13.03, -40.01)
CIE-LCHlch(72.74, 42.08, 251.96°)
OKLaboklab(75.91% -0.0757 -0.1127)
OKLCHoklch(75.91% 0.136 236.1)
XYZxyz(38.3510, 44.7723, 97.8688)
Luminance0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49BDFB #FB8749
analogous
#49FBE0 #49BDFB #4964FB
triadic
#49BDFB #FB49BD #BDFB49
tetradic
#49BDFB #E049FB #FB8749 #64FB49
square
#49BDFB #E049FB #FB8749 #64FB49
split-complementary
#49BDFB #FB4964 #FBE049
monochromatic
#0482C5 #0DA7FA #49BDFB #85D3FC #C1E8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11
#49BDFB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96
#49BDFB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDFB
9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49BDFB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49BDFB1.002.119.969.96
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9621.001.001.00
##0000009.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FBCFE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87ABFA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDD2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49bdfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.136 236.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0fd',
    500: '#49bdfb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49bdfb;
$custom-light: #90d0fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49bdfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.899,
    "s": 95.699,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75906,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49BDFB
secondary
#EFC6B0
accent
#5000E6
background
#F9FCFF
surface
#F2F9FF
border
#CCD2D7
text
#0E1417
muted
#7E8285

Preview Lab

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