#49B8D1#49B8D1

#49B8D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8D1
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 209)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 12%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -23.70, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 32.27, 222.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0858 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.105 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3920, 40.2975, 66.4330)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8D1 #D16249

analogous

#49D1A6 #49B8D1 #4974D1

triadic

#49B8D1 #D149B8 #B8D149

tetradic

#49B8D1 #A649D1 #D16249 #74D149

square

#49B8D1 #A649D1 #D16249 #74D149

split-complementary

#49B8D1 #D14974 #D1A649

monochromatic

#206E7F #2D98B0 #49B8D1 #7ACBDD #ABDEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49B8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#49B8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8D1

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8D1	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcddf',
    500: '#49b8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8d1;
$custom-light: #8bcddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.029,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72926,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8D1

secondary

#D7A99E

accent

#6245E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8D1

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

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