#49B2D4#49B2D4

#49B2D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.107 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B2D4
RGBrgb(73, 178, 212)
HSLhsl(195, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(195, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(65.6%, 16%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.03, -19.69, -26.08)
CIE-LCHlch(68.03, 32.68, 232.95°)
OKLaboklab(71.64% -0.0785 -0.0728)
OKLCHoklch(71.64% 0.107 222.8)
XYZxyz(30.5469, 38.0074, 68.0009)
Luminance0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B2D4 #D46B49
analogous
#49D4B0 #49B2D4 #496CD4
triadic
#49B2D4 #D449B2 #B2D449
tetradic
#49B2D4 #B049D4 #D46B49 #6CD449
square
#49B2D4 #B049D4 #D46B49 #6CD449
split-complementary
#49B2D4 #D4496C #D4B049
monochromatic
#1F6B84 #2B93B5 #49B2D4 #7BC7E0 #ACDCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#49B2D4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60
#49B2D4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2D4
8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B2D4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B2D41.002.448.608.60
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6021.001.001.00
##0000008.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EAED6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8BA0D4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.107 222.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e1',
    500: '#49b2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b2d4;
$custom-light: #8bc9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.676,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71635,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B2D4
secondary
#D9AEA0
accent
#6B43E5
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2D4

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#49B2D4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva