#49C1DC#49C1DC

#49C1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.111 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C1DC
RGB	rgb(73, 193, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -24.90, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 34.09, 223.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0907 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.111 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7305, 44.7199, 74.4977)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C1DC #DC6449

analogous

#49DCAD #49C1DC #4978DC

triadic

#49C1DC #DC49C1 #C1DC49

tetradic

#49C1DC #AD49DC #DC6449 #78DC49

square

#49C1DC #AD49DC #DC6449 #78DC49

split-complementary

#49C1DC #DC4978 #DCAD49

monochromatic

#1C7A8F #25A6C2 #49C1DC #7CD2E6 #B0E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#49C1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#49C1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C1DC

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C1DC	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 193, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.111 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4e7',
    500: '#49c1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c1dc;
$custom-light: #8dd4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75485,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C1DC

secondary

#DEAEA3

accent

#5D3DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C1DC

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

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