#49B3CF#49B3CF

#49B3CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.104 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3CF
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -21.75, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 31.78, 226.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0815 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.104 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1256, 38.1584, 64.7970)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3CF #CF6549

analogous

#49CFA8 #49B3CF #4970CF

triadic

#49B3CF #CF49B3 #B3CF49

tetradic

#49B3CF #A849CF #CF6549 #70CF49

square

#49B3CF #A849CF #CF6549 #70CF49

split-complementary

#49B3CF #CF4970 #CFA849

monochromatic

#216A7D #2E93AD #49B3CF #79C7DC #AADBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#49B3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#49B3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3CF

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3CF	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.104 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadd',
    500: '#49b3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3cf;
$custom-light: #8acadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.537,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71663,
    "c": 0.10391,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3CF

secondary

#D6A99E

accent

#6746E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3CF

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

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