#49ADE2#49ADE2

#49ADE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADE2
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -12.58, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 37.35, 250.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0685 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.12 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4133, 36.7912, 77.3826)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADE2 #E27E49

analogous

#49E2CA #49ADE2 #4960E2

triadic

#49ADE2 #E249AD #ADE249

tetradic

#49ADE2 #CA49E2 #E27E49 #60E249

square

#49ADE2 #CA49E2 #E27E49 #60E249

split-complementary

#49ADE2 #E24960 #E2CA49

monochromatic

#186C98 #2191CD #49ADE2 #7EC5EA #B3DDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#49ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADE2

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADE2	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5eb',
    500: '#49ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ade2;
$custom-light: #8cc5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.784,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADE2

secondary

#E2BAA5

accent

#7839EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADE2

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

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