#49ABE4#49ABE4

#49ABE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABE4
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -10.84, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 38.59, 253.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0659 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.123 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3087, 36.1403, 78.7095)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABE4 #E48249

analogous

#49E4D0 #49ABE4 #495EE4

triadic

#49ABE4 #E449AB #ABE449

tetradic

#49ABE4 #D049E4 #E48249 #5EE449

square

#49ABE4 #D049E4 #E48249 #5EE449

split-complementary

#49ABE4 #E4495E #E4D049

monochromatic

#176B9C #1F8FD1 #49ABE4 #7EC4EC #B4DCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49ABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#49ABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABE4

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABE4	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ABE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3ec',
    500: '#49abe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abe4;
$custom-light: #8cc3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.065,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70729,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABE4

secondary

#E3BCA6

accent

#7B37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABE4

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

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