#49ABC4#49ABC4

#49ABC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.097 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABC4
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(192, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -20.99, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 29.90, 225.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0774 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.097 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2703, 34.5250, 57.4407)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABC4 #C46249

analogous

#49C49F #49ABC4 #496EC4

triadic

#49ABC4 #C449AB #ABC449

tetradic

#49ABC4 #9F49C4 #C46249 #6EC449

square

#49ABC4 #9F49C4 #C46249 #6EC449

split-complementary

#49ABC4 #C4496E #C49F49

monochromatic

#24606F #33879D #49ABC4 #77C0D3 #A5D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#49ABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#49ABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABC4

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABC4	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8999C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.097 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4d6',
    500: '#49abc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abc4;
$custom-light: #88c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.195,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69319,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABC4

secondary

#CFA59A

accent

#6A4DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABC4

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

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