#49B5CD#49B5CD

#49B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.103 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5CD
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -23.38, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 31.61, 222.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0843 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.103 215)
XYZ	xyz(30.2864, 38.8687, 63.6520)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5CD #CD6149

analogous

#49CDA3 #49B5CD #4973CD

triadic

#49B5CD #CD49B5 #B5CD49

tetradic

#49B5CD #A349CD #CD6149 #73CD49

square

#49B5CD #A349CD #CD6149 #73CD49

split-complementary

#49B5CD #CD4973 #CDA349

monochromatic

#226A7A #2F94AA #49B5CD #79C9DA #A9DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#49B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5CD

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5CD	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.103 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbdc',
    500: '#49b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5cd;
$custom-light: #8acbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.38872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5CD

secondary

#D5A79D

accent

#6348E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5CD

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

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