#49C2DC#49C2DC

#49C2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C2DC
RGB	rgb(73, 194, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -25.40, -22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 34.16, 221.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0917 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.112 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9523, 45.1635, 74.5716)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C2DC #DC6349

analogous

#49DCAC #49C2DC #4979DC

triadic

#49C2DC #DC49C2 #C2DC49

tetradic

#49C2DC #AC49DC #DC6349 #79DC49

square

#49C2DC #AC49DC #DC6349 #79DC49

split-complementary

#49C2DC #DC4979 #DCAC49

monochromatic

#1C7B8F #25A7C2 #49C2DC #7CD3E6 #B0E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#49C2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#49C2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C2DC

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C2DC	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 194, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4e7',
    500: '#49c2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c2dc;
$custom-light: #8dd4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.612,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7572,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C2DC

secondary

#DEADA3

accent

#5C3DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C2DC

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

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