#49C0DC#49C0DC

#49C0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C0DC
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -24.40, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 34.04, 224.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0897 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.111 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5102, 44.2792, 74.4243)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C0DC #DC6549

analogous

#49DCAF #49C0DC #4976DC

triadic

#49C0DC #DC49C0 #C0DC49

tetradic

#49C0DC #AF49DC #DC6549 #76DC49

square

#49C0DC #AF49DC #DC6549 #76DC49

split-complementary

#49C0DC #DC4976 #DCAF49

monochromatic

#1C798F #25A5C2 #49C0DC #7CD2E6 #B0E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#49C0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#49C0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C0DC

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C0DC	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3e7',
    500: '#49c0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c0dc;
$custom-light: #8dd3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7525,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C0DC

secondary

#DEAEA3

accent

#5E3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C0DC

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

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