#49B1CD#49B1CD

#49B1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1CD
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -21.34, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 31.43, 227.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0802 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.103 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4847, 37.2654, 63.3848)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1CD #CD6549

analogous

#49CDA7 #49B1CD #496FCD

triadic

#49B1CD #CD49B1 #B1CD49

tetradic

#49B1CD #A749CD #CD6549 #6FCD49

square

#49B1CD #A749CD #CD6549 #6FCD49

split-complementary

#49B1CD #CD496F #CDA749

monochromatic

#22677A #2F90AA #49B1CD #79C6DA #A9DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#49B1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#49B1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1CD

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1CD	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8dc',
    500: '#49b1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1cd;
$custom-light: #8ac8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71109,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1CD

secondary

#D5A99D

accent

#6848E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1CD

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

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