#49BBD2#49BBD2

#49BBD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.106 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBD2
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -24.91, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 32.61, 220.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0885 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.106 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1460, 41.6068, 67.2970)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBD2 #D26049

analogous

#49D2A4 #49BBD2 #4976D2

triadic

#49BBD2 #D249BB #BBD249

tetradic

#49BBD2 #A449D2 #D26049 #76D249

square

#49BBD2 #A449D2 #D26049 #76D249

split-complementary

#49BBD2 #D24976 #D2A449

monochromatic

#207081 #2C9BB2 #49BBD2 #7ACDDE #ABE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#49BBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBD2

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBD2	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.106 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfdf',
    500: '#49bbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbd2;
$custom-light: #8bcfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.073,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBD2

secondary

#D8A89F

accent

#5F44E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBD2

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

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