#49B4CD#49B4CD

#49B4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.103 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4CD
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -22.88, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 31.54, 223.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0833 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.103 216)
XYZ	xyz(30.0838, 38.4635, 63.5845)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4CD #CD6249

analogous

#49CDA4 #49B4CD #4972CD

triadic

#49B4CD #CD49B4 #B4CD49

tetradic

#49B4CD #A449CD #CD6249 #72CD49

square

#49B4CD #A449CD #CD6249 #72CD49

split-complementary

#49B4CD #CD4972 #CDA449

monochromatic

#22697A #2F93AA #49B4CD #79C8DA #A9DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#49B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4CD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4CD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.103 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadc',
    500: '#49b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4cd;
$custom-light: #8acadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71819,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.38467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4CD

secondary

#D5A89D

accent

#6548E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4CD

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

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