#49CDE8#49CDE8

#49CDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.118 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CDE8
RGB	rgb(73, 205, 232)
HSL	hsl(190, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -27.24, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 36.17, 221.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0979 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.118 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1383, 50.9009, 84.0904)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CDE8 #E86449

analogous

#49E8B4 #49CDE8 #497DE8

triadic

#49CDE8 #E849CD #CDE849

tetradic

#49CDE8 #B449E8 #E86449 #7DE849

square

#49CDE8 #B449E8 #E86449 #7DE849

split-complementary

#49CDE8 #E8497D #E8B449

monochromatic

#148AA2 #1BB8D8 #49CDE8 #7FDCEF #B6EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#49CDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#49CDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CDE8

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CDE8	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 205, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.118 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdcef',
    500: '#49cde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cde8;
$custom-light: #8fdcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.189,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CDE8

secondary

#A44431

accent

#5434F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CDE8

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

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