#49BCD4#49BCD4

#49BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.107 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCD4
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -24.81, -21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 32.89, 221.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0887 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.107 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6096, 42.1328, 68.6884)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCD4 #D46149

analogous

#49D4A7 #49BCD4 #4976D4

triadic

#49BCD4 #D449BC #BCD449

tetradic

#49BCD4 #A749D4 #D46149 #76D449

square

#49BCD4 #A749D4 #D46149 #76D449

split-complementary

#49BCD4 #D44976 #D4A749

monochromatic

#1F7284 #2B9DB5 #49BCD4 #7BCEE0 #ACE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#49BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCD4

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCD4	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.107 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e1',
    500: '#49bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcd4;
$custom-light: #8bd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.36,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73991,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCD4

secondary

#D9AAA0

accent

#5F43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCD4

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

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