#49BFDE#49BFDE

#49BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.112 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFDE
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -23.28, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 34.28, 227.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0879 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.112 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5578, 43.9482, 75.7546)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFDE #DE6849

analogous

#49DEB2 #49BFDE #4975DE

triadic

#49BFDE #DE49BF #BFDE49

tetradic

#49BFDE #B249DE #DE6849 #75DE49

square

#49BFDE #B249DE #DE6849 #75DE49

split-complementary

#49BFDE #DE4975 #DEB249

monochromatic

#1A7992 #24A4C6 #49BFDE #7DD1E7 #B1E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#49BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#49BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFDE

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFDE	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.112 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2e8',
    500: '#49bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfde;
$custom-light: #8dd2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.483,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75097,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFDE

secondary

#DFB0A4

accent

#603CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFDE

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

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