#49B0CF#49B0CF

#49B0CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.104 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0CF
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 207)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 15%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -20.20, -24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 31.77, 230.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0784 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.104 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5309, 36.9690, 64.5988)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0CF #CF6849

analogous

#49CFAB #49B0CF #496DCF

triadic

#49B0CF #CF49B0 #B0CF49

tetradic

#49B0CF #AB49CF #CF6849 #6DCF49

square

#49B0CF #AB49CF #CF6849 #6DCF49

split-complementary

#49B0CF #CF496D #CFAB49

monochromatic

#21677D #2E90AD #49B0CF #79C5DC #AADAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49B0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#49B0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0CF

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0CF	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DACD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.104 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7dd',
    500: '#49b0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0cf;
$custom-light: #8ac7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.881,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70955,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0CF

secondary

#D6AB9E

accent

#6A46E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0CF

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

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