#49BEDD#49BEDD

#49BEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.112 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEDD
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -23.08, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 34.11, 227.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0873 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.112 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2069, 43.4601, 74.9784)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEDD #DD6849

analogous

#49DDB2 #49BEDD #4974DD

triadic

#49BEDD #DD49BE #BEDD49

tetradic

#49BEDD #B249DD #DD6849 #74DD49

square

#49BEDD #B249DD #DD6849 #74DD49

split-complementary

#49BEDD #DD4974 #DDB249

monochromatic

#1B7891 #25A3C4 #49BEDD #7DD0E7 #B0E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#49BEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#49BEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEDD

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEDD	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.112 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1e7',
    500: '#49bedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bedd;
$custom-light: #8dd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.568,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74822,
    "c": 0.11188,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEDD

secondary

#DFB0A3

accent

#613CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEDD

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

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