#49B8D0#49B8D0

#49B8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8D0
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 208)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -24.00, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 32.16, 221.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0862 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.105 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2686, 40.2481, 65.7830)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8D0 #D06149

analogous

#49D0A5 #49B8D0 #4974D0

triadic

#49B8D0 #D049B8 #B8D049

tetradic

#49B8D0 #A549D0 #D06149 #74D049

square

#49B8D0 #A549D0 #D06149 #74D049

split-complementary

#49B8D0 #D04974 #D0A549

monochromatic

#216D7E #2D98AF #49B8D0 #7ACBDD #AADEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49B8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#49B8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8D0

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8D0	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdde',
    500: '#49b8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8d0;
$custom-light: #8bcdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72886,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8D0

secondary

#D7A89E

accent

#6146E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8D0

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

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