#49ACE4#49ACE4

#49ACE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.123 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACE4
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -11.38, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 38.32, 252.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0668 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.123 237)
XYZ	xyz(31.4983, 36.5195, 78.7727)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACE4 #E48149

analogous

#49E4CE #49ACE4 #495FE4

triadic

#49ACE4 #E449AC #ACE449

tetradic

#49ACE4 #CE49E4 #E48149 #5FE449

square

#49ACE4 #CE49E4 #E48149 #5FE449

split-complementary

#49ACE4 #E4495F #E4CE49

monochromatic

#176C9C #1F91D1 #49ACE4 #7EC4EC #B4DDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49ACE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#49ACE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACE4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACE4	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ace4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.123 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4ec',
    500: '#49ace4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ace4;
$custom-light: #8cc4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ace4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.677,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70958,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.36523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACE4

secondary

#E3BCA6

accent

#7A37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACE4

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

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