#49B3CB#49B3CB

#49B3CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3CB
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 11.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -22.97, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 31.24, 222.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.083 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.102 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6428, 37.9653, 62.2542)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3CB #CB6149

analogous

#49CBA2 #49B3CB #4972CB

triadic

#49B3CB #CB49B3 #B3CB49

tetradic

#49B3CB #A249CB #CB6149 #72CB49

square

#49B3CB #A249CB #CB6149 #72CB49

split-complementary

#49B3CB #CB4972 #CBA249

monochromatic

#226877 #3091A7 #49B3CB #79C7D9 #A8DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#49B3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#49B3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3CB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3CB	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acada',
    500: '#49b3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3cb;
$custom-light: #8acada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71502,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3CB

secondary

#D4A69C

accent

#6549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3CB

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

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