#49B7DC#49B7DC

#49B7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7DC
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -19.80, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 34.10, 234.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0806 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.112 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5942, 40.4472, 73.7856)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7DC #DC6E49

analogous

#49DCB7 #49B7DC #496EDC

triadic

#49B7DC #DC49B7 #B7DC49

tetradic

#49B7DC #B749DC #DC6E49 #6EDC49

square

#49B7DC #B749DC #DC6E49 #6EDC49

split-complementary

#49B7DC #DC496E #DCB749

monochromatic

#1C728F #259BC2 #49B7DC #7CCBE6 #B0E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49B7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#49B7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7DC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7DC	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce7',
    500: '#49b7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7dc;
$custom-light: #8ccce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73143,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7DC

secondary

#DEB2A3

accent

#693DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7DC

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

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