#49C1DD#49C1DD

#49C1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.112 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C1DD
RGB	rgb(73, 193, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -24.59, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 34.21, 224.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0903 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.112 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8633, 44.7730, 75.1973)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C1DD #DD6549

analogous

#49DDAF #49C1DD #4977DD

triadic

#49C1DD #DD49C1 #C1DD49

tetradic

#49C1DD #AF49DD #DD6549 #77DD49

square

#49C1DD #AF49DD #DD6549 #77DD49

split-complementary

#49C1DD #DD4977 #DDAF49

monochromatic

#1B7A91 #25A6C4 #49C1DD #7DD3E7 #B0E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#49C1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#49C1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C1DD

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C1DD	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 193, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.112 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4e7',
    500: '#49c1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c1dd;
$custom-light: #8dd4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75525,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C1DD

secondary

#DFAEA3

accent

#5E3CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C1DD

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

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