#49B1CB#49B1CB

#49B1CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1CB
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 12.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -21.95, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 31.13, 225.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.081 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.102 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2449, 37.1694, 62.1215)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1CB #CB6349

analogous

#49CBA4 #49B1CB #4970CB

triadic

#49B1CB #CB49B1 #B1CB49

tetradic

#49B1CB #A449CB #CB6349 #70CB49

square

#49B1CB #A449CB #CB6349 #70CB49

split-complementary

#49B1CB #CB4970 #CBA449

monochromatic

#226677 #308FA7 #49B1CB #79C5D9 #A8DAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#49B1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#49B1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1CB

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1CB	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8da',
    500: '#49b1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1cb;
$custom-light: #8ac8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71027,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1CB

secondary

#D4A79C

accent

#6749DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1CB

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

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