#49B3CE#49B3CE

#49B3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.103 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3CE
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -22.06, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 31.63, 225.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0819 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.103 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0038, 38.1097, 64.1552)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3CE #CE6449

analogous

#49CEA6 #49B3CE #4971CE

triadic

#49B3CE #CE49B3 #B3CE49

tetradic

#49B3CE #A649CE #CE6449 #71CE49

square

#49B3CE #A649CE #CE6449 #71CE49

split-complementary

#49B3CE #CE4971 #CEA649

monochromatic

#21697B #2E92AC #49B3CE #79C7DB #A9DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#49B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#49B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3CE

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3CE	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.103 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadd',
    500: '#49b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3ce;
$custom-light: #8acadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.18,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71623,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3CE

secondary

#D5A99D

accent

#6647E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3CE

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

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