#49BCD3#49BCD3

#49BCD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.107 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCD3
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -25.11, -21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 32.80, 220.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0891 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.107 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4838, 42.0825, 68.0262)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCD3 #D36049

analogous

#49D3A5 #49BCD3 #4977D3

triadic

#49BCD3 #D349BC #BCD349

tetradic

#49BCD3 #A549D3 #D36049 #77D349

square

#49BCD3 #A549D3 #D36049 #77D349

split-complementary

#49BCD3 #D34977 #D3A549

monochromatic

#1F7282 #2B9DB3 #49BCD3 #7ACEDF #ACE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#49BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCD3

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCD3	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)

#ABB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.107 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e0',
    500: '#49bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcd3;
$custom-light: #8bd0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73951,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCD3

secondary

#D9A99F

accent

#5E44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCD3

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

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