#49BBD9#49BBD9

#49BBD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBD9
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -22.78, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 33.46, 227.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0858 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.11 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0372, 41.9632, 71.9908)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBD9 #D96749

analogous

#49D9AF #49BBD9 #4973D9

triadic

#49BBD9 #D949BB #BBD949

tetradic

#49BBD9 #AF49D9 #D96749 #73D949

square

#49BBD9 #AF49D9 #D96749 #73D949

split-complementary

#49BBD9 #D94973 #D9AF49

monochromatic

#1D748B #289EBD #49BBD9 #7CCEE4 #AEE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#49BBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBD9

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBD9	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe4',
    500: '#49bbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbd9;
$custom-light: #8ccfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73955,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBD9

secondary

#DCAEA2

accent

#633FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBD9

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

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