#49BCD9#49BCD9

#49BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49BCD9
RGBrgb(73, 188, 217)
HSLhsl(192, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(192, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.14, -23.29, -24.05)
CIE-LCHlch(71.14, 33.48, 225.93°)
OKLaboklab(74.19% -0.0868 -0.067)
OKLCHoklch(74.19% 0.11 217.7)
XYZxyz(33.2501, 42.3890, 72.0617)
Luminance0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49BCD9 #D96649
analogous
#49D9AE #49BCD9 #4974D9
triadic
#49BCD9 #D949BC #BCD949
tetradic
#49BCD9 #AE49D9 #D96649 #74D949
square
#49BCD9 #AE49D9 #D96649 #74D949
split-complementary
#49BCD9 #D94974 #D9AE49
monochromatic
#1D758B #289FBD #49BCD9 #7CCFE4 #AEE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#49BCD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48
#49BCD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCD9
9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49BCD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49BCD91.002.229.489.48
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4821.001.001.00
##0000009.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9B7DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95A8D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 217.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e4',
    500: '#49bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49bcd9;
$custom-light: #8cd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.083,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7419,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49BCD9
secondary
#DCADA2
accent
#613FE8
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F9FB
border
#CCD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#49BCD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva