#49B5CF#49B5CF

#49B5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B5CF
RGBrgb(73, 181, 207)
HSLhsl(192, 58%, 55%)
HSVhsv(192, 65%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.73, -22.78, -22.26)
CIE-LCHlch(68.73, 31.85, 224.35°)
OKLaboklab(72.14% -0.0835 -0.0619)
OKLCHoklch(72.14% 0.104 216.6)
XYZxyz(30.5294, 38.9659, 64.9316)
Luminance0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B5CF #CF6349
analogous
#49CFA6 #49B5CF #4972CF
triadic
#49B5CF #CF49B5 #B5CF49
tetradic
#49B5CF #A649CF #CF6349 #72CF49
square
#49B5CF #A649CF #CF6349 #72CF49
split-complementary
#49B5CF #CF4972 #CFA649
monochromatic
#216B7D #2E94AD #49B5CF #79C9DC #AADCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#49B5CF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79
#49B5CF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5CF
8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B5CF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B5CF1.002.398.798.79
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7921.001.001.00
##0000008.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3B0D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A2CF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 216.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbdd',
    500: '#49b5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b5cf;
$custom-light: #8acbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.642,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72136,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B5CF
secondary
#D6A99E
accent
#6446E1
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

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#49B5CF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva