#49BBD4#49BBD4

#49BBD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBD4
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -24.30, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 32.81, 222.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0877 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.107 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3967, 41.7070, 68.6175)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBD4 #D46249

analogous

#49D4A7 #49BBD4 #4975D4

triadic

#49BBD4 #D449BB #BBD449

tetradic

#49BBD4 #A749D4 #D46249 #75D449

square

#49BBD4 #A749D4 #D46249 #75D449

split-complementary

#49BBD4 #D44975 #D4A749

monochromatic

#1F7184 #2B9CB5 #49BBD4 #7BCDE0 #ACE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#49BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBD4

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBD4	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe1',
    500: '#49bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbd4;
$custom-light: #8bcfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.791,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBD4

secondary

#D9AAA0

accent

#6043E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBD4

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

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