#49ABCB#49ABCB

#49ABCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.102 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABCB
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 203)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -18.83, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 31.13, 232.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0747 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.102 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0857, 34.8511, 61.7351)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABCB #CB6949

analogous

#49CBAA #49ABCB #496ACB

triadic

#49ABCB #CB49AB #ABCB49

tetradic

#49ABCB #AA49CB #CB6949 #6ACB49

square

#49ABCB #AA49CB #CB6949 #6ACB49

split-complementary

#49ABCB #CB496A #CBAA49

monochromatic

#226277 #308AA7 #49ABCB #79C1D9 #A8D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#49ABCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#49ABCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABCB

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABCB	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.102 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4db',
    500: '#49abcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abcb;
$custom-light: #89c4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69608,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABCB

secondary

#D4AA9C

accent

#6E49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABCB

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

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