#49B2CA#49B2CA

#49B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.101 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2CA
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -22.76, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 31.06, 222.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0824 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.101 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3243, 37.5184, 61.5620)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2CA #CA6149

analogous

#49CAA2 #49B2CA #4972CA

triadic

#49B2CA #CA49B2 #B2CA49

tetradic

#49B2CA #A249CA #CA6149 #72CA49

square

#49B2CA #A249CA #CA6149 #72CA49

split-complementary

#49B2CA #CA4972 #CAA249

monochromatic

#226776 #3090A6 #49B2CA #78C6D8 #A8DAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#49B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#49B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2CA

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2CA	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.101 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9da',
    500: '#49b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2ca;
$custom-light: #8ac9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71225,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2CA

secondary

#D3A69C

accent

#654ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2CA

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

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