#49B4D0#49B4D0

#49B4D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4D0
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 208)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -21.96, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 31.95, 226.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0821 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.104 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4494, 38.6098, 65.5100)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4D0 #D06549

analogous

#49D0A8 #49B4D0 #4971D0

triadic

#49B4D0 #D049B4 #B4D049

tetradic

#49B4D0 #A849D0 #D06549 #71D049

square

#49B4D0 #A849D0 #D06549 #71D049

split-complementary

#49B4D0 #D04971 #D0A849

monochromatic

#216B7E #2D94AF #49B4D0 #7AC8DD #AADCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B4D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#49B4D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4D0

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4D0	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acade',
    500: '#49b4d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4d0;
$custom-light: #8acade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.444,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7194,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4D0

secondary

#D7AA9E

accent

#6646E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4D0

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

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