#49B7CD#49B7CD

#49B7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.103 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7CD
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -24.40, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 31.78, 219.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0864 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.103 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6960, 39.6879, 63.7886)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7CD #CD5F49

analogous

#49CDA1 #49B7CD #4975CD

triadic

#49B7CD #CD49B7 #B7CD49

tetradic

#49B7CD #A149CD #CD5F49 #75CD49

square

#49B7CD #A149CD #CD5F49 #75CD49

split-complementary

#49B7CD #CD4975 #CDA149

monochromatic

#226B7A #2F96AA #49B7CD #79CADA #A9DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#49B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7CD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7CD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.103 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acddc',
    500: '#49b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7cd;
$custom-light: #8acddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72531,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7CD

secondary

#D5A69D

accent

#6148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7CD

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

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