#49B0CA#49B0CA

#49B0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.101 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0CA
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -21.74, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 30.95, 225.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0803 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.101 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9293, 36.7283, 61.4303)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0CA #CA6349

analogous

#49CAA4 #49B0CA #4970CA

triadic

#49B0CA #CA49B0 #B0CA49

tetradic

#49B0CA #A449CA #CA6349 #70CA49

square

#49B0CA #A449CA #CA6349 #70CA49

split-complementary

#49B0CA #CA4970 #CAA449

monochromatic

#226576 #308EA6 #49B0CA #78C5D8 #A8D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#49B0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#49B0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0CA

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0CA	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.101 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7da',
    500: '#49b0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0ca;
$custom-light: #89c7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.093,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7075,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0CA

secondary

#D3A79C

accent

#684ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0CA

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

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