#49B0CD#49B0CD

#49B0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.103 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0CD
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -20.82, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 31.41, 228.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0791 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.103 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2880, 36.8718, 63.3192)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0CD #CD6649

analogous

#49CDA8 #49B0CD #496ECD

triadic

#49B0CD #CD49B0 #B0CD49

tetradic

#49B0CD #A849CD #CD6649 #6ECD49

square

#49B0CD #A849CD #CD6649 #6ECD49

split-complementary

#49B0CD #CD496E #CDA849

monochromatic

#22677A #2F8FAA #49B0CD #79C5DA #A9DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49B0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#49B0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0CD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0CD	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.103 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7dc',
    500: '#49b0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0cd;
$custom-light: #8ac7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0CD

secondary

#D5A99D

accent

#6948E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0CD

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

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