#49B8CF#49B8CF

#49B8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8CF
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -24.30, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 32.06, 220.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0866 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.104 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1460, 40.1991, 65.1371)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8CF #CF6049

analogous

#49CFA3 #49B8CF #4975CF

triadic

#49B8CF #CF49B8 #B8CF49

tetradic

#49B8CF #A349CF #CF6049 #75CF49

square

#49B8CF #A349CF #CF6049 #75CF49

split-complementary

#49B8CF #CF4975 #CFA349

monochromatic

#216D7D #2E97AD #49B8CF #79CBDC #AADEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49B8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#49B8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8CF

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8CF	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcddd',
    500: '#49b8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8cf;
$custom-light: #8bcddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.299,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72847,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8CF

secondary

#D6A79E

accent

#6146E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8CF

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

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