#49B2D5#49B2D5

#49B2D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2D5
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -19.38, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 32.89, 233.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0782 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.108 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6734, 38.0580, 68.6673)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2D5 #D56C49

analogous

#49D5B2 #49B2D5 #496CD5

triadic

#49B2D5 #D549B2 #B2D549

tetradic

#49B2D5 #B249D5 #D56C49 #6CD549

square

#49B2D5 #B249D5 #D56C49 #6CD549

split-complementary

#49B2D5 #D5496C #D5B249

monochromatic

#1F6B85 #2A94B7 #49B2D5 #7BC7E0 #ACDCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#49B2D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#49B2D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2D5

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2D5	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e2',
    500: '#49b2d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2d5;
$custom-light: #8bc9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71677,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2D5

secondary

#DAAEA0

accent

#6B42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2D5

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

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