#49C4DD#49C4DD

#49C4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.112 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C4DD
RGB	rgb(73, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -26.09, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 34.42, 220.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0933 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.112 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5333, 46.1128, 75.4206)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C4DD #DD6249

analogous

#49DDAC #49C4DD #497ADD

triadic

#49C4DD #DD49C4 #C4DD49

tetradic

#49C4DD #AC49DD #DD6249 #7ADD49

square

#49C4DD #AC49DD #DD6249 #7ADD49

split-complementary

#49C4DD #DD497A #DDAC49

monochromatic

#1B7D91 #25A9C4 #49C4DD #7DD5E7 #B0E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#49C4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#49C4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C4DD

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C4DD	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.112 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6e7',
    500: '#49c4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c4dd;
$custom-light: #8dd6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.135,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7623,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C4DD

secondary

#DFADA3

accent

#5A3CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C4DD

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

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