#49BFDD#49BFDD

#49BFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.112 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFDD
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -23.59, -24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 34.13, 226.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0883 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.112 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4242, 43.8947, 75.0509)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFDD #DD6749

analogous

#49DDB1 #49BFDD #4975DD

triadic

#49BFDD #DD49BF #BFDD49

tetradic

#49BFDD #B149DD #DD6749 #75DD49

square

#49BFDD #B149DD #DD6749 #75DD49

split-complementary

#49BFDD #DD4975 #DDB149

monochromatic

#1B7991 #25A4C4 #49BFDD #7DD1E7 #B0E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#49BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#49BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFDD

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFDD	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.112 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2e7',
    500: '#49bfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfdd;
$custom-light: #8dd2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.162,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75056,
    "c": 0.11188,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFDD

secondary

#DFAFA3

accent

#603CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFDD

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

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