#49BCD8#49BCD8

#49BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCD8
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -23.59, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 33.35, 224.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0872 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.109 217)
XYZ	xyz(33.1204, 42.3371, 71.3788)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCD8 #D86549

analogous

#49D8AD #49BCD8 #4975D8

triadic

#49BCD8 #D849BC #BCD849

tetradic

#49BCD8 #AD49D8 #D86549 #75D849

square

#49BCD8 #AD49D8 #D86549 #75D849

split-complementary

#49BCD8 #D84975 #D8AD49

monochromatic

#1D7489 #289FBC #49BCD8 #7BCFE3 #AEE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#49BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCD8

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCD8	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e4',
    500: '#49bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcd8;
$custom-light: #8cd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.748,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7415,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.42341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCD8

secondary

#DCADA1

accent

#6140E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCD8

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

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