#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
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 208)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 12.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -22.98, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 32.03, 224.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0842 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.105 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8561, 39.4231, 65.6455)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49B6D0	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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