#49BEDB#49BEDB

#49BEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.111 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEDB
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -23.69, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 33.82, 225.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.088 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.111 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9420, 43.3541, 73.5835)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEDB #DB6649

analogous

#49DBAF #49BEDB #4975DB

triadic

#49BEDB #DB49BE #BEDB49

tetradic

#49BEDB #AF49DB #DB6649 #75DB49

square

#49BEDB #AF49DB #DB6649 #75DB49

split-complementary

#49BEDB #DB4975 #DBAF49

monochromatic

#1C778E #26A2C1 #49BEDB #7CD0E5 #AFE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#49BEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#49BEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEDB

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEDB	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.111 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e6',
    500: '#49bedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bedb;
$custom-light: #8cd1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.918,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEDB

secondary

#DDAEA2

accent

#603EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEDB

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

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