#49B2CC#49B2CC

#49B2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.102 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2CC
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -22.16, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 31.31, 224.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0816 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.102 217)
XYZ	xyz(29.5627, 37.6137, 62.8172)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2CC #CC6349

analogous

#49CCA4 #49B2CC #4971CC

triadic

#49B2CC #CC49B2 #B2CC49

tetradic

#49B2CC #A449CC #CC6349 #71CC49

square

#49B2CC #A449CC #CC6349 #71CC49

split-complementary

#49B2CC #CC4971 #CCA449

monochromatic

#226879 #2F90A9 #49B2CC #79C6D9 #A9DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#49B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2CC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2CC	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.102 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9db',
    500: '#49b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2cc;
$custom-light: #8ac9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.908,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71305,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.37617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2CC

secondary

#D4A89D

accent

#6648E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2CC

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

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