#49BBD6#49BBD6

#49BBD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBD6
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -23.70, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 33.04, 224.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0869 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.108 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6506, 41.8086, 69.9544)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBD6 #D66449

analogous

#49D6AB #49BBD6 #4975D6

triadic

#49BBD6 #D649BB #BBD649

tetradic

#49BBD6 #AB49D6 #D66449 #75D649

square

#49BBD6 #AB49D6 #D66449 #75D649

split-complementary

#49BBD6 #D64975 #D6AB49

monochromatic

#1E7286 #2A9DB8 #49BBD6 #7BCEE1 #ADE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#49BBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBD6

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBD6	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe2',
    500: '#49bbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbd6;
$custom-light: #8ccfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73834,
    "c": 0.10801,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBD6

secondary

#DAABA0

accent

#6142E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBD6

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

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