#49BEDE#49BEDE

#49BEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEDE
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -22.77, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 34.27, 228.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0869 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.112 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3405, 43.5135, 75.6822)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEDE #DE6949

analogous

#49DEB3 #49BEDE #4973DE

triadic

#49BEDE #DE49BE #BEDE49

tetradic

#49BEDE #B349DE #DE6949 #73DE49

square

#49BEDE #B349DE #DE6949 #73DE49

split-complementary

#49BEDE #DE4973 #DEB349

monochromatic

#1A7892 #24A3C6 #49BEDE #7DD1E7 #B1E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#49BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#49BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEDE

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEDE	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1e8',
    500: '#49bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bede;
$custom-light: #8dd1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.886,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74863,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEDE

secondary

#DFB0A4

accent

#623CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEDE

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

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