#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
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -20.83, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 34.00, 232.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0826 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.112 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0096, 41.2781, 73.9241)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##49B9DC	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9DC

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

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