#49B3CA#49B3CA

#49B3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.101 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3CA
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -23.27, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 31.13, 221.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0834 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.101 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5240, 37.9178, 61.6286)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3CA #CA6049

analogous

#49CAA1 #49B3CA #4973CA

triadic

#49B3CA #CA49B3 #B3CA49

tetradic

#49B3CA #A149CA #CA6049 #73CA49

square

#49B3CA #A149CA #CA6049 #73CA49

split-complementary

#49B3CA #CA4973 #CAA149

monochromatic

#226776 #3091A6 #49B3CA #78C7D8 #A8DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49B3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#49B3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3CA

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3CA	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)

#A2AECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.101 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acada',
    500: '#49b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3ca;
$custom-light: #8acada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.698,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3CA

secondary

#D3A69C

accent

#644ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3CA

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

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