#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
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -23.29, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 33.48, 225.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0868 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.11 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2501, 42.3890, 72.0617)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49BCD9	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49BCD9

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

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