#49BCD7#49BCD7

#49BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.109 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCD7
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -23.90, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 33.22, 223.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0876 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.109 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9915, 42.2856, 70.7000)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCD7 #D76449

analogous

#49D7AB #49BCD7 #4975D7

triadic

#49BCD7 #D749BC #BCD749

tetradic

#49BCD7 #AB49D7 #D76449 #75D749

square

#49BCD7 #AB49D7 #D76449 #75D749

split-complementary

#49BCD7 #D74975 #D7AB49

monochromatic

#1E7488 #299EBA #49BCD7 #7BCEE2 #ADE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#49BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCD7

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCD7	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.109 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e3',
    500: '#49bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcd7;
$custom-light: #8cd0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.408,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7411,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCD7

secondary

#DBACA1

accent

#6041E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCD7

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

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