#49BCDB#49BCDB

#49BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCDB
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -22.68, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 33.78, 227.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.086 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.111 219)
XYZ	xyz(33.5118, 42.4937, 73.4401)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCDB #DB6849

analogous

#49DBB1 #49BCDB #4973DB

triadic

#49BCDB #DB49BC #BCDB49

tetradic

#49BCDB #B149DB #DB6849 #73DB49

square

#49BCDB #B149DB #DB6849 #73DB49

split-complementary

#49BCDB #DB4973 #DBB149

monochromatic

#1C758E #26A0C1 #49BCDB #7CCFE5 #AFE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#49BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#49BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCDB

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCDB	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e6',
    500: '#49bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcdb;
$custom-light: #8cd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.74,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74271,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.42497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCDB

secondary

#DDAFA2

accent

#623EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCDB

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

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