#49ABC2#49ABC2

#49ABC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.096 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABC2
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(191, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -21.59, -20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 29.63, 223.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0782 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.096 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0442, 34.4345, 56.2497)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABC2 #C26049

analogous

#49C29D #49ABC2 #496FC2

triadic

#49ABC2 #C249AB #ABC249

tetradic

#49ABC2 #9D49C2 #C26049 #6FC249

square

#49ABC2 #9D49C2 #C26049 #6FC249

split-complementary

#49ABC2 #C2496F #C29D49

monochromatic

#245F6C #34879A #49ABC2 #77C0D1 #A5D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#49ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#49ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABC2

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABC2	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA6C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8999C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.096 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4d4',
    500: '#49abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abc2;
$custom-light: #88c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.405,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69238,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABC2

secondary

#CEA399

accent

#694ED9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABC2

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

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