#49B4CE#49B4CE

#49B4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.103 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4CE
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -22.57, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 31.67, 224.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0829 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.103 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2049, 38.5120, 64.2223)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4CE #CE6349

analogous

#49CEA5 #49B4CE #4972CE

triadic

#49B4CE #CE49B4 #B4CE49

tetradic

#49B4CE #A549CE #CE6349 #72CE49

square

#49B4CE #A549CE #CE6349 #72CE49

split-complementary

#49B4CE #CE4972 #CEA549

monochromatic

#216A7B #2E93AC #49B4CE #79C8DB #A9DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#49B4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4CE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4CE	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.103 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadd',
    500: '#49b4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4ce;
$custom-light: #8acadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.729,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71859,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4CE

secondary

#D5A89D

accent

#6547E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4CE

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

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