#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
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 16%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -19.69, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 32.68, 232.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0785 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.107 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5469, 38.0074, 68.0009)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49B2D4	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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