#49C4DF#49C4DF

#49C4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C4DF
RGB	rgb(73, 196, 223)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -25.49, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 34.62, 222.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0925 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.113 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8013, 46.2200, 76.8323)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C4DF #DF6449

analogous

#49DFAF #49C4DF #4979DF

triadic

#49C4DF #DF49C4 #C4DF49

tetradic

#49C4DF #AF49DF #DF6449 #79DF49

square

#49C4DF #AF49DF #DF6449 #79DF49

split-complementary

#49C4DF #DF4979 #DFAF49

monochromatic

#1A7E94 #23AAC8 #49C4DF #7DD5E8 #B1E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#49C4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#49C4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C4DF

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C4DF	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 196, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6e9',
    500: '#49c4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c4df;
$custom-light: #8dd6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76309,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C4DF

secondary

#E0AFA4

accent

#5B3BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C4DF

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

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