#49BFD8#49BFD8

#49BFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.109 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFD8
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 216)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -25.11, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 33.53, 221.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0902 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.109 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7680, 43.6322, 71.5947)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFD8 #D86249

analogous

#49D8AA #49BFD8 #4977D8

triadic

#49BFD8 #D849BF #BFD849

tetradic

#49BFD8 #AA49D8 #D86249 #77D849

square

#49BFD8 #AA49D8 #D86249 #77D849

split-complementary

#49BFD8 #D84977 #D8AA49

monochromatic

#1D7689 #28A2BC #49BFD8 #7BD1E3 #AEE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#49BFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#49BFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFD8

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFD8	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.109 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e4',
    500: '#49bfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfd8;
$custom-light: #8cd2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.49,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74856,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFD8

secondary

#DCABA1

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFD8

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

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