#49B6CE#49B6CE

#49B6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.104 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6CE
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -23.59, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 31.79, 222.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.085 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.104 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6116, 39.3253, 64.3578)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6CE #CE6149

analogous

#49CEA4 #49B6CE #4974CE

triadic

#49B6CE #CE49B6 #B6CE49

tetradic

#49B6CE #A449CE #CE6149 #74CE49

square

#49B6CE #A449CE #CE6149 #74CE49

split-complementary

#49B6CE #CE4974 #CEA449

monochromatic

#216B7B #2E95AC #49B6CE #79C9DB #A9DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49B6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#49B6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6CE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6CE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.104 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accdd',
    500: '#49b6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6ce;
$custom-light: #8accdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.827,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72333,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6CE

secondary

#D5A79D

accent

#6347E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6CE

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

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