#49C2DD#49C2DD

#49C2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.112 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C2DD
RGB	rgb(73, 194, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 12.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -25.10, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 34.27, 222.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0913 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.112 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0852, 45.2166, 75.2712)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C2DD #DD6449

analogous

#49DDAE #49C2DD #4978DD

triadic

#49C2DD #DD49C2 #C2DD49

tetradic

#49C2DD #AE49DD #DD6449 #78DD49

square

#49C2DD #AE49DD #DD6449 #78DD49

split-complementary

#49C2DD #DD4978 #DDAE49

monochromatic

#1B7B91 #25A7C4 #49C2DD #7DD3E7 #B0E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#49C2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#49C2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C2DD

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C2DD	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 194, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.112 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4e7',
    500: '#49c2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c2dd;
$custom-light: #8dd4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.946,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7576,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C2DD

secondary

#DFAEA3

accent

#5C3CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C2DD

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

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