#49B5D4#49B5D4

#49B5D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.107 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5D4
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -21.25, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 32.61, 229.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0816 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.107 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1503, 39.2143, 68.2020)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5D4 #D46849

analogous

#49D4AD #49B5D4 #496FD4

triadic

#49B5D4 #D449B5 #B5D449

tetradic

#49B5D4 #AD49D4 #D46849 #6FD449

square

#49B5D4 #AD49D4 #D46849 #6FD449

split-complementary

#49B5D4 #D4496F #D4AD49

monochromatic

#1F6D84 #2B96B5 #49B5D4 #7BC9E0 #ACDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49B5D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#49B5D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5D4

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5D4	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.107 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe1',
    500: '#49b5d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5d4;
$custom-light: #8bcbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.381,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7234,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5D4

secondary

#D9ACA0

accent

#6743E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5D4

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

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