#49CBEC#49CBEC

#49CBEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.120 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBEC
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -25.03, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 36.54, 226.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0944 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.12 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2376, 50.1800, 86.9584)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBEC #EC6A49

analogous

#49ECBB #49CBEC #4979EC

triadic

#49CBEC #EC49CB #CBEC49

tetradic

#49CBEC #BB49EC #EC6A49 #79EC49

square

#49CBEC #BB49EC #EC6A49 #79EC49

split-complementary

#49CBEC #EC4979 #ECBB49

monochromatic

#128AA9 #17B8E0 #49CBEC #80DBF2 #B8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#49CBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#49CBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBEC

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBEC	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.120 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbf2',
    500: '#49cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbec;
$custom-light: #8fdbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.147,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78463,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBEC

secondary

#AA482F

accent

#3308DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBEC

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

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