#49BCD6#49BCD6

#49BCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.108 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCD6
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -24.20, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 33.10, 223.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.088 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.108 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8634, 42.2343, 70.0254)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCD6 #D66349

analogous

#49D6AA #49BCD6 #4976D6

triadic

#49BCD6 #D649BC #BCD649

tetradic

#49BCD6 #AA49D6 #D66349 #76D649

square

#49BCD6 #AA49D6 #D66349 #76D649

split-complementary

#49BCD6 #D64976 #D6AA49

monochromatic

#1E7386 #2A9EB8 #49BCD6 #7BCEE1 #ADE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#49BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCD6

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCD6	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.108 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e2',
    500: '#49bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcd6;
$custom-light: #8cd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.064,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7407,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCD6

secondary

#DAABA0

accent

#6042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCD6

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

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