#49BFD9#49BFD9

#49BFD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFD9
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 12%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -24.80, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 33.63, 222.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0898 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.11 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8976, 43.6841, 72.2776)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFD9 #D96349

analogous

#49D9AB #49BFD9 #4977D9

triadic

#49BFD9 #D949BF #BFD949

tetradic

#49BFD9 #AB49D9 #D96349 #77D949

square

#49BFD9 #AB49D9 #D96349 #77D949

split-complementary

#49BFD9 #D94977 #D9AB49

monochromatic

#1D778B #28A2BD #49BFD9 #7CD1E4 #AEE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#49BFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#49BFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFD9

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFD9	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e4',
    500: '#49bfd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfd9;
$custom-light: #8cd2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74896,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFD9

secondary

#DCACA2

accent

#5E3FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFD9

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

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