#49BFDC#49BFDC

#49BFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.111 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFDC
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -23.89, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 33.99, 225.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0887 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.111 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2914, 43.8416, 74.3513)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFDC #DC6649

analogous

#49DCB0 #49BFDC #4975DC

triadic

#49BFDC #DC49BF #BFDC49

tetradic

#49BFDC #B049DC #DC6649 #75DC49

square

#49BFDC #B049DC #DC6649 #75DC49

split-complementary

#49BFDC #DC4975 #DCB049

monochromatic

#1C788F #25A3C2 #49BFDC #7CD1E6 #B0E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#49BFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#49BFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFDC

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFDC	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.111 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2e7',
    500: '#49bfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfdc;
$custom-light: #8dd2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.837,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75016,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFDC

secondary

#DEAEA3

accent

#5F3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFDC

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

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