#49B1CA#49B1CA

#49B1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.101 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1CA
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -22.25, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 31.00, 224.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0813 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.101 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1261, 37.1219, 61.4959)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1CA #CA6249

analogous

#49CAA3 #49B1CA #4971CA

triadic

#49B1CA #CA49B1 #B1CA49

tetradic

#49B1CA #A349CA #CA6249 #71CA49

square

#49B1CA #A349CA #CA6249 #71CA49

split-complementary

#49B1CA #CA4971 #CAA349

monochromatic

#226676 #308FA6 #49B1CA #78C5D8 #A8DAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#49B1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#49B1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1CA

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1CA	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.101 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8da',
    500: '#49b1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1ca;
$custom-light: #8ac8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.628,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70987,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1CA

secondary

#D3A79C

accent

#664ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1CA

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

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