#49AAE1#49AAE1

#49AAE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AAE1
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 225)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 24.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -11.27, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 37.76, 252.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0659 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.121 237)
XYZ	xyz(30.7077, 35.5988, 76.4725)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AAE1 #E18049

analogous

#49E1CC #49AAE1 #495EE1

triadic

#49AAE1 #E149AA #AAE149

tetradic

#49AAE1 #CC49E1 #E18049 #5EE149

square

#49AAE1 #CC49E1 #E18049 #5EE149

split-complementary

#49AAE1 #E1495E #E1CC49

monochromatic

#196997 #228ECB #49AAE1 #7EC3EA #B2DBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49AAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#49AAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AAE1

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AAE1	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3ea',
    500: '#49aae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aae1;
$custom-light: #8cc3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.711,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70358,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.35602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AAE1

secondary

#E1BBA5

accent

#7B39EE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AAE1

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

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