#49ADE4#49ADE4

#49ADE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.122 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADE4
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -11.93, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 38.06, 251.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0678 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.122 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6893, 36.9016, 78.8364)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADE4 #E48049

analogous

#49E4CD #49ADE4 #4960E4

triadic

#49ADE4 #E449AD #ADE449

tetradic

#49ADE4 #CD49E4 #E48049 #60E449

square

#49ADE4 #CD49E4 #E48049 #60E449

split-complementary

#49ADE4 #E44960 #E4CD49

monochromatic

#176D9C #1F92D1 #49ADE4 #7EC5EC #B4DDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49ADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#49ADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADE4

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADE4	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.122 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5ec',
    500: '#49ade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ade4;
$custom-light: #8dc5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71187,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADE4

secondary

#E3BCA6

accent

#7937F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADE4

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

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