#49BCD5#49BCD5

#49BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCD5
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -24.51, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 32.99, 222.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0883 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.108 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7361, 42.1834, 69.3548)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCD5 #D56249

analogous

#49D5A8 #49BCD5 #4976D5

triadic

#49BCD5 #D549BC #BCD549

tetradic

#49BCD5 #A849D5 #D56249 #76D549

square

#49BCD5 #A849D5 #D56249 #76D549

split-complementary

#49BCD5 #D54976 #D5A849

monochromatic

#1F7385 #2A9EB7 #49BCD5 #7BCEE0 #ACE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#49BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCD5

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCD5	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e2',
    500: '#49bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcd5;
$custom-light: #8cd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7403,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCD5

secondary

#DAAAA0

accent

#5F42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCD5

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

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