#49BBDC#49BBDC

#49BBDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.111 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBDC
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -21.86, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 33.94, 229.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0846 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.111 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4310, 42.1207, 74.0645)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBDC #DC6A49

analogous

#49DCB3 #49BBDC #4972DC

triadic

#49BBDC #DC49BB #BBDC49

tetradic

#49BBDC #B349DC #DC6A49 #72DC49

square

#49BBDC #B349DC #DC6A49 #72DC49

split-complementary

#49BBDC #DC4972 #DCB349

monochromatic

#1C758F #259FC2 #49BBDC #7CCEE6 #B0E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#49BBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBDC

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBDC	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.111 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe7',
    500: '#49bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbdc;
$custom-light: #8ccfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74078,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBDC

secondary

#DEB0A3

accent

#643DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBDC

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

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