#49BFDB#49BFDB

#49BFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.111 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFDB
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -24.20, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 33.87, 224.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.089 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.111 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1593, 43.7888, 73.6559)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFDB #DB6549

analogous

#49DBAE #49BFDB #4976DB

triadic

#49BFDB #DB49BF #BFDB49

tetradic

#49BFDB #AE49DB #DB6549 #76DB49

square

#49BFDB #AE49DB #DB6549 #76DB49

split-complementary

#49BFDB #DB4976 #DBAE49

monochromatic

#1C788E #26A3C1 #49BFDB #7CD1E5 #AFE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#49BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#49BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFDB

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFDB	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.111 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e6',
    500: '#49bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfdb;
$custom-light: #8cd2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.507,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74976,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFDB

secondary

#DDAEA2

accent

#5F3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFDB

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

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