#49B8DC#49B8DC

#49B8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8DC
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -20.31, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 34.04, 233.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0816 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.112 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8012, 40.8612, 73.8546)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8DC #DC6D49

analogous

#49DCB7 #49B8DC #496EDC

triadic

#49B8DC #DC49B8 #B8DC49

tetradic

#49B8DC #B749DC #DC6D49 #6EDC49

square

#49B8DC #B749DC #DC6D49 #6EDC49

split-complementary

#49B8DC #DC496E #DCB749

monochromatic

#1C738F #259CC2 #49B8DC #7CCCE6 #B0E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49B8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#49B8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8DC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8DC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde7',
    500: '#49b8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8dc;
$custom-light: #8ccde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73377,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8DC

secondary

#DEB1A3

accent

#683DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8DC

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

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