#49B9DC#49B9DC

#49B9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B9DC
RGBrgb(73, 185, 220)
HSLhsl(194, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(194, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.37, -20.83, -26.87)
CIE-LCHlch(70.37, 34.00, 232.21°)
OKLaboklab(73.61% -0.0826 -0.075)
OKLCHoklch(73.61% 0.112 222.2)
XYZxyz(33.0096, 41.2781, 73.9241)
Luminance0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B9DC #DC6C49
analogous
#49DCB6 #49B9DC #496FDC
triadic
#49B9DC #DC49B9 #B9DC49
tetradic
#49B9DC #B649DC #DC6C49 #6FDC49
square
#49B9DC #B649DC #DC6C49 #6FDC49
split-complementary
#49B9DC #DC496F #DCB649
monochromatic
#1C748F #259DC2 #49B9DC #7CCDE6 #B0E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#49B9DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26
#49B9DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9DC
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B9DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B9DC1.002.279.269.26
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2621.001.001.00
##0000009.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5B5DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A6DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 222.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee7',
    500: '#49b9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b9dc;
$custom-light: #8ccee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7361,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B9DC
secondary
#DEB1A3
accent
#663DEB
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FC
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

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#49B9DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva