#49B9D3#49B9D3

#49B9D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9D3
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -23.60, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 32.57, 223.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0861 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.106 216)
XYZ	xyz(31.8496, 40.8141, 67.8148)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9D3 #D36349

analogous

#49D3A8 #49B9D3 #4974D3

triadic

#49B9D3 #D349B9 #B9D349

tetradic

#49B9D3 #A849D3 #D36349 #74D349

square

#49B9D3 #A849D3 #D36349 #74D349

split-complementary

#49B9D3 #D34974 #D3A849

monochromatic

#1F7082 #2B9AB3 #49B9D3 #7ACCDF #ACDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49B9D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#49B9D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9D3

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9D3	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A5D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcee0',
    500: '#49b9d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9d3;
$custom-light: #8bcee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73242,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.40818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9D3

secondary

#D9AA9F

accent

#6244E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9D3

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

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