#49B4CB#49B4CB

#49B4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.102 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4CB
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -23.48, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 31.32, 221.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0841 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.102 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8440, 38.3676, 62.3212)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4CB #CB6049

analogous

#49CBA1 #49B4CB #4973CB

triadic

#49B4CB #CB49B4 #B4CB49

tetradic

#49B4CB #A149CB #CB6049 #73CB49

square

#49B4CB #A149CB #CB6049 #73CB49

split-complementary

#49B4CB #CB4973 #CBA149

monochromatic

#226877 #3092A7 #49B4CB #79C8D9 #A8DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#49B4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4CB

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4CB	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.102 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acada',
    500: '#49b4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4cb;
$custom-light: #8acada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.615,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71739,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4CB

secondary

#D4A69C

accent

#6349DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4CB

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

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