#49B6D0#49B6D0

#49B6D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B6D0
RGBrgb(73, 182, 208)
HSLhsl(192, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(192, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 12.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.06, -22.98, -22.31)
CIE-LCHlch(69.06, 32.03, 224.15°)
OKLaboklab(72.41% -0.0842 -0.0621)
OKLCHoklch(72.41% 0.105 216.4)
XYZxyz(30.8561, 39.4231, 65.6455)
Luminance0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B6D0 #D06349
analogous
#49D0A7 #49B6D0 #4972D0
triadic
#49B6D0 #D049B6 #B6D049
tetradic
#49B6D0 #A749D0 #D06349 #72D049
square
#49B6D0 #A749D0 #D06349 #72D049
split-complementary
#49B6D0 #D04972 #D0A749
monochromatic
#216C7E #2D96AF #49B6D0 #7ACADD #AADDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#49B6D0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89
#49B6D0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6D0
8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B6D0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B6D01.002.368.898.89
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8921.001.001.00
##0000008.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4B1D1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A2D0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFBE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b6d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 216.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccde',
    500: '#49b6d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b6d0;
$custom-light: #8bccde;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b6d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.556,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72413,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B6D0
secondary
#D7A99E
accent
#6446E2
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6D0

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#49B6D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva