#49AAE2#49AAE2

#49AAE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.122 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AAE2
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 226)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -10.95, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 38.12, 253.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0655 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.122 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8445, 35.6536, 77.1930)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AAE2 #E28149

analogous

#49E2CE #49AAE2 #495DE2

triadic

#49AAE2 #E249AA #AAE249

tetradic

#49AAE2 #CE49E2 #E28149 #5DE249

square

#49AAE2 #CE49E2 #E28149 #5DE249

split-complementary

#49AAE2 #E2495D #E2CE49

monochromatic

#186998 #218ECD #49AAE2 #7EC3EA #B3DBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#49AAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#49AAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AAE2

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AAE2	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.122 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3eb',
    500: '#49aae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aae2;
$custom-light: #8cc3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.961,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70405,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AAE2

secondary

#E2BBA5

accent

#7B39EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AAE2

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

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