#49BEDF#49BEDF

#49BEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEDF
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -22.46, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 34.43, 229.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0865 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.113 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4749, 43.5673, 76.3901)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEDF #DF6A49

analogous

#49DFB5 #49BEDF #4973DF

triadic

#49BEDF #DF49BE #BEDF49

tetradic

#49BEDF #B549DF #DF6A49 #73DF49

square

#49BEDF #B549DF #DF6A49 #73DF49

split-complementary

#49BEDF #DF4973 #DFB549

monochromatic

#1A7994 #23A3C8 #49BEDF #7DD1E8 #B1E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#49BEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#49BEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEDF

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEDF	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1e9',
    500: '#49bedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bedf;
$custom-light: #8dd1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74904,
    "c": 0.11306,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEDF

secondary

#E0B1A4

accent

#623BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEDF

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

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