#49AEE3#49AEE3

#49AEE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.121 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEE3
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -12.80, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 37.46, 250.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0691 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.121 235)
XYZ	xyz(31.7434, 37.2312, 78.1715)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEE3 #E37E49

analogous

#49E3CB #49AEE3 #4961E3

triadic

#49AEE3 #E349AE #AEE349

tetradic

#49AEE3 #CB49E3 #E37E49 #61E349

square

#49AEE3 #CB49E3 #E37E49 #61E349

split-complementary

#49AEE3 #E34961 #E3CB49

monochromatic

#186D9A #2093CF #49AEE3 #7EC6EB #B3DDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#49AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#49AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEE3

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEE3	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.121 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6ec',
    500: '#49aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aee3;
$custom-light: #8cc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.649,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71369,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.37235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEE3

secondary

#E2BAA6

accent

#7738F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEE3

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

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