#49C5DF#49C5DF

#49C5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.113 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5DF
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -25.99, -22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 34.69, 221.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0935 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.113 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0276, 46.6727, 76.9077)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5DF #DF6349

analogous

#49DFAE #49C5DF #497ADF

triadic

#49C5DF #DF49C5 #C5DF49

tetradic

#49C5DF #AE49DF #DF6349 #7ADF49

square

#49C5DF #AE49DF #DF6349 #7ADF49

split-complementary

#49C5DF #DF497A #DFAE49

monochromatic

#1A7F94 #23ABC8 #49C5DF #7DD6E8 #B1E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#49C5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#49C5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5DF

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5DF	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.113 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6e9',
    500: '#49c5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5df;
$custom-light: #8dd6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.4,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76543,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5DF

secondary

#E0AEA4

accent

#5A3BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5DF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →