#49C3DC#49C3DC

#49C3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C3DC
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 11.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -25.90, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 34.24, 220.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0927 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.112 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1756, 45.6101, 74.6461)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C3DC #DC6249

analogous

#49DCAB #49C3DC #497ADC

triadic

#49C3DC #DC49C3 #C3DC49

tetradic

#49C3DC #AB49DC #DC6249 #7ADC49

square

#49C3DC #AB49DC #DC6249 #7ADC49

split-complementary

#49C3DC #DC497A #DCAB49

monochromatic

#1C7B8F #25A8C2 #49C3DC #7CD4E6 #B0E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#49C3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#49C3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C3DC

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C3DC	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd5e7',
    500: '#49c3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c3dc;
$custom-light: #8dd5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.204,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75955,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C3DC

secondary

#DEADA3

accent

#5B3DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C3DC

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

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