#49B4CC#49B4CC

#49B4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.102 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4CC
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -23.18, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 31.43, 222.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0837 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.102 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9635, 38.4154, 62.9508)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4CC #CC6149

analogous

#49CCA2 #49B4CC #4973CC

triadic

#49B4CC #CC49B4 #B4CC49

tetradic

#49B4CC #A249CC #CC6149 #73CC49

square

#49B4CC #A249CC #CC6149 #73CC49

split-complementary

#49B4CC #CC4973 #CCA249

monochromatic

#226979 #2F92A9 #49B4CC #79C8D9 #A9DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#49B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4CC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4CC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.102 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadb',
    500: '#49b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4cc;
$custom-light: #8acadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.992,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71779,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4CC

secondary

#D4A79D

accent

#6448E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4CC

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

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