#49B0CB#49B0CB

#49B0CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.102 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0CB
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 13.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -21.43, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 31.10, 226.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0799 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.102 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0481, 36.7758, 62.0559)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0CB #CB6449

analogous

#49CBA5 #49B0CB #496FCB

triadic

#49B0CB #CB49B0 #B0CB49

tetradic

#49B0CB #A549CB #CB6449 #6FCB49

square

#49B0CB #A549CB #CB6449 #6FCB49

split-complementary

#49B0CB #CB496F #CBA549

monochromatic

#226677 #308EA7 #49B0CB #79C5D9 #A8D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49B0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#49B0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0CB

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0CB	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.102 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7da',
    500: '#49b0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0cb;
$custom-light: #8ac7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.462,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7079,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0CB

secondary

#D4A89C

accent

#6849DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0CB

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

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