#49BED9#49BED9

#49BED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.110 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BED9
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -24.30, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 33.57, 223.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0888 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.11 216)
XYZ	xyz(33.6803, 43.2494, 72.2051)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BED9 #D96449

analogous

#49D9AC #49BED9 #4976D9

triadic

#49BED9 #D949BE #BED949

tetradic

#49BED9 #AC49D9 #D96449 #76D949

square

#49BED9 #AC49D9 #D96449 #76D949

split-complementary

#49BED9 #D94976 #D9AC49

monochromatic

#1D768B #28A1BD #49BED9 #7CD0E4 #AEE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#49BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#49BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BED9

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BED9	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.110 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e4',
    500: '#49bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bed9;
$custom-light: #8cd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7466,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.43253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BED9

secondary

#DCADA2

accent

#5F3FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BED9

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

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