#49BBD5#49BBD5

#49BBD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBD5
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -24.00, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 32.92, 223.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0873 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.108 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5232, 41.7577, 69.2839)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBD5 #D56349

analogous

#49D5A9 #49BBD5 #4975D5

triadic

#49BBD5 #D549BB #BBD549

tetradic

#49BBD5 #A949D5 #D56349 #75D549

square

#49BBD5 #A949D5 #D56349 #75D549

split-complementary

#49BBD5 #D54975 #D5A949

monochromatic

#1F7285 #2A9DB7 #49BBD5 #7BCEE0 #ACE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#49BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBD5

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBD5	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe2',
    500: '#49bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbd5;
$custom-light: #8ccfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73794,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBD5

secondary

#DAABA0

accent

#6142E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBD5

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

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