#49B2CB#49B2CB

#49B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.102 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2CB
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -22.46, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 31.18, 223.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.082 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.102 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4431, 37.5659, 62.1876)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2CB #CB6249

analogous

#49CBA3 #49B2CB #4971CB

triadic

#49B2CB #CB49B2 #B2CB49

tetradic

#49B2CB #A349CB #CB6249 #71CB49

square

#49B2CB #A349CB #CB6249 #71CB49

split-complementary

#49B2CB #CB4971 #CBA349

monochromatic

#226777 #3090A7 #49B2CB #79C6D9 #A8DAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#49B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#49B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2CB

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2CB	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.102 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9da',
    500: '#49b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2cb;
$custom-light: #8ac9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71265,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2CB

secondary

#D4A79C

accent

#6649DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2CB

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

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