#49C0DB#49C0DB

#49C0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.111 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C0DB
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -24.70, -23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 33.92, 223.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.09 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.111 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3782, 44.2264, 73.7288)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C0DB #DB6449

analogous

#49DBAD #49C0DB #4977DB

triadic

#49C0DB #DB49C0 #C0DB49

tetradic

#49C0DB #AD49DB #DB6449 #77DB49

square

#49C0DB #AD49DB #DB6449 #77DB49

split-complementary

#49C0DB #DB4977 #DBAD49

monochromatic

#1C798E #26A4C1 #49C0DB #7CD2E5 #AFE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#49C0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#49C0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C0DB

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C0DB	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.111 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3e6',
    500: '#49c0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c0db;
$custom-light: #8dd3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.096,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75211,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C0DB

secondary

#DDADA2

accent

#5E3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C0DB

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

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