#49B8D3#49B8D3

#49B8D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8D3
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 211)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -23.09, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 32.51, 224.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.085 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.106 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6412, 40.3972, 67.7453)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8D3 #D36449

analogous

#49D3A9 #49B8D3 #4973D3

triadic

#49B8D3 #D349B8 #B8D349

tetradic

#49B8D3 #A949D3 #D36449 #73D349

square

#49B8D3 #A949D3 #D36449 #73D349

split-complementary

#49B8D3 #D34973 #D3A949

monochromatic

#1F6F82 #2B99B3 #49B8D3 #7ACBDF #ACDEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49B8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#49B8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8D3

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8D3	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde0',
    500: '#49b8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8d3;
$custom-light: #8bcde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73006,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8D3

secondary

#D9AA9F

accent

#6344E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8D3

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

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