#49B4D3#49B4D3

#49B4D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4D3
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 211)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 14.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -21.04, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 32.44, 229.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.081 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.106 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8220, 38.7588, 67.4722)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4D3 #D36849

analogous

#49D3AD #49B4D3 #496FD3

triadic

#49B4D3 #D349B4 #B4D349

tetradic

#49B4D3 #AD49D3 #D36849 #6FD349

square

#49B4D3 #AD49D3 #D36849 #6FD349

split-complementary

#49B4D3 #D3496F #D3AD49

monochromatic

#1F6C82 #2B95B3 #49B4D3 #7AC8DF #ACDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#49B4D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#49B4D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4D3

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4D3	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae0',
    500: '#49b4d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4d3;
$custom-light: #8bcae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.478,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72063,
    "c": 0.10625,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4D3

secondary

#D9AC9F

accent

#6844E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4D3

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

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