#49C3DF#49C3DF

#49C3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.113 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C3DF
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 223)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -24.99, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 34.56, 223.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0915 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.113 216)
XYZ	xyz(35.5765, 45.7704, 76.7573)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C3DF #DF6549

analogous

#49DFB0 #49C3DF #4978DF

triadic

#49C3DF #DF49C3 #C3DF49

tetradic

#49C3DF #B049DF #DF6549 #78DF49

square

#49C3DF #B049DF #DF6549 #78DF49

split-complementary

#49C3DF #DF4978 #DFB049

monochromatic

#1A7D94 #23A9C8 #49C3DF #7DD4E8 #B1E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#49C3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#49C3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C3DF

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C3DF	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.113 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd5e9',
    500: '#49c3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c3df;
$custom-light: #8dd5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76074,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.45774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C3DF

secondary

#E0AFA4

accent

#5C3BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C3DF

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