#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
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -22.78, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 31.85, 224.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0835 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.104 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5294, 38.9659, 64.9316)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##49B5CF	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5CF

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

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