#49BFDA#49BFDA

#49BFDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFDA
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 218)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -24.50, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 33.74, 223.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0894 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.11 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0281, 43.7363, 72.9647)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFDA #DA6449

analogous

#49DAAC #49BFDA #4977DA

triadic

#49BFDA #DA49BF #BFDA49

tetradic

#49BFDA #AC49DA #DA6449 #77DA49

square

#49BFDA #AC49DA #DA6449 #77DA49

split-complementary

#49BFDA #DA4977 #DAAC49

monochromatic

#1C778C #27A3BF #49BFDA #7CD1E4 #AFE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#49BFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#49BFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFDA

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFDA	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e5',
    500: '#49bfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfda;
$custom-light: #8cd2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.172,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFDA

secondary

#DDADA2

accent

#5E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFDA

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

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