#49B2D2#49B2D2

#49B2D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.106 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2D2
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -20.31, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 32.29, 231.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0793 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.106 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2962, 37.9071, 66.6804)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2D2 #D26949

analogous

#49D2AE #49B2D2 #496DD2

triadic

#49B2D2 #D249B2 #B2D249

tetradic

#49B2D2 #AE49D2 #D26949 #6DD249

square

#49B2D2 #AE49D2 #D26949 #6DD249

split-complementary

#49B2D2 #D2496D #D2AE49

monochromatic

#206A81 #2C93B2 #49B2D2 #7AC7DE #ABDCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49B2D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#49B2D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2D2

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2D2	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.106 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9df',
    500: '#49b2d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2d2;
$custom-light: #8bc9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.015,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71551,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2D2

secondary

#D8AC9F

accent

#6944E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2D2

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

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