#49B5CC#49B5CC

#49B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.103 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5CC
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -23.69, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 31.51, 221.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0847 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.103 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1661, 38.8206, 63.0184)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5CC #CC6049

analogous

#49CCA1 #49B5CC #4974CC

triadic

#49B5CC #CC49B5 #B5CC49

tetradic

#49B5CC #A149CC #CC6049 #74CC49

square

#49B5CC #A149CC #CC6049 #74CC49

split-complementary

#49B5CC #CC4974 #CCA149

monochromatic

#226A79 #2F93A9 #49B5CC #79C8D9 #A9DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#49B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#49B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5CC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5CC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.103 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbdb',
    500: '#49b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5cc;
$custom-light: #8acbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.534,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72017,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5CC

secondary

#D4A69D

accent

#6348E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5CC

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

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