#49C2DE#49C2DE

#49C2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C2DE
RGB	rgb(73, 194, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -24.79, -23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 34.38, 223.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0909 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.113 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2188, 45.2700, 75.9750)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C2DE #DE6549

analogous

#49DEAF #49C2DE #4978DE

triadic

#49C2DE #DE49C2 #C2DE49

tetradic

#49C2DE #AF49DE #DE6549 #78DE49

square

#49C2DE #AF49DE #DE6549 #78DE49

split-complementary

#49C2DE #DE4978 #DEAF49

monochromatic

#1A7C92 #24A7C6 #49C2DE #7DD3E7 #B1E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#49C2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#49C2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C2DE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C2DE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 194, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4e8',
    500: '#49c2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c2de;
$custom-light: #8dd4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.275,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.758,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C2DE

secondary

#DFAFA4

accent

#5D3CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C2DE

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

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