#49B0CE#49B0CE

#49B0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.103 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0CE
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -20.51, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 31.59, 229.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0788 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.103 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4090, 36.9202, 63.9570)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0CE #CE6749

analogous

#49CEAA #49B0CE #496DCE

triadic

#49B0CE #CE49B0 #B0CE49

tetradic

#49B0CE #AA49CE #CE6749 #6DCE49

square

#49B0CE #AA49CE #CE6749 #6DCE49

split-complementary

#49B0CE #CE496D #CEAA49

monochromatic

#21677B #2E8FAC #49B0CE #79C5DB #A9DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49B0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#49B0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0CE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0CE	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.103 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7dd',
    500: '#49b0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0ce;
$custom-light: #8ac7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.534,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70914,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0CE

secondary

#D5AA9D

accent

#6A47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0CE

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

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