#49C6DF#49C6DF

#49C6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.113 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6DF
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -26.49, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 34.77, 220.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0945 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.113 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2554, 47.1283, 76.9837)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6DF #DF6249

analogous

#49DFAD #49C6DF #497BDF

triadic

#49C6DF #DF49C6 #C6DF49

tetradic

#49C6DF #AD49DF #DF6249 #7BDF49

square

#49C6DF #AD49DF #DF6249 #7BDF49

split-complementary

#49C6DF #DF497B #DFAD49

monochromatic

#1A7F94 #23ACC8 #49C6DF #7DD6E8 #B1E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#49C6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#49C6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6DF

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6DF	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.113 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7e9',
    500: '#49c6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6df;
$custom-light: #8ed7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76778,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6DF

secondary

#E0AEA4

accent

#593BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6DF

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

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