#49B4CF#49B4CF

#49B4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4CF
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 13%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -22.27, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 31.81, 225.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0825 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.104 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3268, 38.5607, 64.8641)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4CF #CF6449

analogous

#49CFA7 #49B4CF #4971CF

triadic

#49B4CF #CF49B4 #B4CF49

tetradic

#49B4CF #A749CF #CF6449 #71CF49

square

#49B4CF #A749CF #CF6449 #71CF49

split-complementary

#49B4CF #CF4971 #CFA749

monochromatic

#216A7D #2E93AD #49B4CF #79C8DC #AADCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#49B4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4CF

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4CF	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadd',
    500: '#49b4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4cf;
$custom-light: #8acadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.09,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.719,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4CF

secondary

#D6A99E

accent

#6646E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4CF

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

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