#49BCDC#49BCDC

#49BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCDC
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -22.37, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 33.94, 228.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0856 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.111 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6438, 42.5465, 74.1355)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCDC #DC6949

analogous

#49DCB2 #49BCDC #4973DC

triadic

#49BCDC #DC49BC #BCDC49

tetradic

#49BCDC #B249DC #DC6949 #73DC49

square

#49BCDC #B249DC #DC6949 #73DC49

split-complementary

#49BCDC #DC4973 #DCB249

monochromatic

#1C768F #25A0C2 #49BCDC #7CCFE6 #B0E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#49BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#49BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCDC

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCDC	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e7',
    500: '#49bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcdc;
$custom-light: #8cd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.061,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74312,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCDC

secondary

#DEB0A3

accent

#633DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCDC

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

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