#49C0D8#49C0D8

#49C0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.109 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C0D8
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 216)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -25.61, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 33.61, 220.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0912 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.109 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9868, 44.0699, 71.6676)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C0D8 #D86149

analogous

#49D8A9 #49C0D8 #4979D8

triadic

#49C0D8 #D849C0 #C0D849

tetradic

#49C0D8 #A949D8 #D86149 #79D849

square

#49C0D8 #A949D8 #D86149 #79D849

split-complementary

#49C0D8 #D84979 #D8A949

monochromatic

#1D7789 #28A3BC #49C0D8 #7BD1E3 #AEE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#49C0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#49C0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C0D8

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C0D8	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.109 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3e4',
    500: '#49c0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c0d8;
$custom-light: #8cd3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.07,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75092,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C0D8

secondary

#DCABA1

accent

#5C40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C0D8

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

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