#49B2CE#49B2CE

#49B2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.103 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2CE
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -21.55, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 31.60, 227.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0808 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.103 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8041, 37.7103, 64.0886)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2CE #CE6549

analogous

#49CEA8 #49B2CE #496FCE

triadic

#49B2CE #CE49B2 #B2CE49

tetradic

#49B2CE #A849CE #CE6549 #6FCE49

square

#49B2CE #A849CE #CE6549 #6FCE49

split-complementary

#49B2CE #CE496F #CEA849

monochromatic

#21687B #2E91AC #49B2CE #79C6DB #A9DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#49B2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2CE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2CE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.103 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9dd',
    500: '#49b2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2ce;
$custom-light: #8ac9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71386,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2CE

secondary

#D5A99D

accent

#6747E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2CE

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

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