#49B1CE#49B1CE

#49B1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1CE
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -21.03, -23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 31.59, 228.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0798 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.103 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6058, 37.3138, 64.0226)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1CE #CE6649

analogous

#49CEA9 #49B1CE #496ECE

triadic

#49B1CE #CE49B1 #B1CE49

tetradic

#49B1CE #A949CE #CE6649 #6ECE49

square

#49B1CE #A949CE #CE6649 #6ECE49

split-complementary

#49B1CE #CE496E #CEA949

monochromatic

#21687B #2E90AC #49B1CE #79C6DB #A9DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#49B1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#49B1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1CE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1CE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8dd',
    500: '#49b1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1ce;
$custom-light: #8ac8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.083,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7115,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1CE

secondary

#D5AA9D

accent

#6947E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1CE

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

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