#49AEE0#49AEE0

#49AEE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.118 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEE0
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 224)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -13.77, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 36.45, 247.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0702 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.118 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3330, 37.0670, 76.0099)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEE0 #E07B49

analogous

#49E0C7 #49AEE0 #4962E0

triadic

#49AEE0 #E049AE #AEE049

tetradic

#49AEE0 #C749E0 #E07B49 #62E049

square

#49AEE0 #C749E0 #E07B49 #62E049

split-complementary

#49AEE0 #E04962 #E0C749

monochromatic

#196C95 #2292C9 #49AEE0 #7DC5E9 #B2DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49AEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#49AEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEE0

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEE0	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.118 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6ea',
    500: '#49aee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aee0;
$custom-light: #8cc6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.868,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71231,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEE0

secondary

#E0B8A4

accent

#763AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEE0

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

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