#49B2CD#49B2CD

#49B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.103 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2CD
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -21.85, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 31.45, 225.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0812 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.103 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6830, 37.6619, 63.4509)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2CD #CD6449

analogous

#49CDA6 #49B2CD #4970CD

triadic

#49B2CD #CD49B2 #B2CD49

tetradic

#49B2CD #A649CD #CD6449 #70CD49

square

#49B2CD #A649CD #CD6449 #70CD49

split-complementary

#49B2CD #CD4970 #CDA649

monochromatic

#22687A #2F91AA #49B2CD #79C6DA #A9DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#49B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2CD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2CD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.103 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9dc',
    500: '#49b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2cd;
$custom-light: #8ac9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71345,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2CD

secondary

#D5A89D

accent

#6748E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2CD

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

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