#49B6CF#49B6CF

#49B6CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6CF
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -23.29, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 31.91, 223.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0846 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.104 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7334, 39.3740, 64.9996)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6CF #CF6249

analogous

#49CFA5 #49B6CF #4973CF

triadic

#49B6CF #CF49B6 #B6CF49

tetradic

#49B6CF #A549CF #CF6249 #73CF49

square

#49B6CF #A549CF #CF6249 #73CF49

split-complementary

#49B6CF #CF4973 #CFA549

monochromatic

#216C7D #2E95AD #49B6CF #79C9DC #AADDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49B6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#49B6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6CF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6CF	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accdd',
    500: '#49b6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6cf;
$custom-light: #8accdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.194,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72373,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6CF

secondary

#D6A89E

accent

#6346E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6CF

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

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