#49BED8#49BED8

#49BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BED8
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -24.60, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 33.45, 222.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0892 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.109 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5506, 43.1976, 71.5222)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BED8 #D86349

analogous

#49D8AB #49BED8 #4977D8

triadic

#49BED8 #D849BE #BED849

tetradic

#49BED8 #AB49D8 #D86349 #77D849

square

#49BED8 #AB49D8 #D86349 #77D849

split-complementary

#49BED8 #D84977 #D8AB49

monochromatic

#1D7689 #28A1BC #49BED8 #7BD0E3 #AEE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#49BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#49BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BED8

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BED8	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e4',
    500: '#49bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bed8;
$custom-light: #8cd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74621,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BED8

secondary

#DCACA1

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BED8

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

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