#49CDEF#49CDEF

#49CDEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CDEF
RGB	rgb(73, 205, 239)
HSL	hsl(192, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -25.11, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 37.01, 227.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0952 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.122 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1525, 51.3065, 89.4316)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CDEF #EF6B49

analogous

#49EFBE #49CDEF #497AEF

triadic

#49CDEF #EF49CD #CDEF49

tetradic

#49CDEF #BE49EF #EF6B49 #7AEF49

square

#49CDEF #BE49EF #EF6B49 #7AEF49

split-complementary

#49CDEF #EF497A #EFBE49

monochromatic

#0F8EAE #14BBE7 #49CDEF #81DCF4 #BAECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#49CDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#49CDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CDEF

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CDEF	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcf4',
    500: '#49cdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cdef;
$custom-light: #90dcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.289,
    "s": 83.838,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79048,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CDEF

secondary

#AF482D

accent

#3205E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CDEF

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

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