#49B2C8#49B2C8

#49B2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2C8
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -23.37, -20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 30.85, 220.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0832 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.1 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0891, 37.4243, 60.3230)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2C8 #C85F49

analogous

#49C89E #49B2C8 #4972C8

triadic

#49B2C8 #C849B2 #B2C849

tetradic

#49B2C8 #9E49C8 #C85F49 #72C849

square

#49B2C8 #9E49C8 #C85F49 #72C849

split-complementary

#49B2C8 #C84972 #C89E49

monochromatic

#236674 #318FA3 #49B2C8 #78C6D6 #A7DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#49B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#49B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2C8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2C8	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9d8',
    500: '#49b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2c8;
$custom-light: #89c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.394,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71145,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2C8

secondary

#D2A59B

accent

#644BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2C8

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

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