#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
RGBrgb(73, 190, 219)
HSLhsl(192, 67%, 57%)
HSVhsv(192, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.79, -23.69, -24.14)
CIE-LCHlch(71.79, 33.82, 225.54°)
OKLaboklab(74.74% -0.088 -0.0672)
OKLCHoklch(74.74% 0.111 217.4)
XYZxyz(33.9420, 43.3541, 73.5835)
Luminance0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##49BEDB1.002.179.679.67
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6721.001.001.00
##0000009.6721.001.001.00

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

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