#49AEE4#49AEE4

#49AEE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.122 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEE4
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -12.47, -35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 37.81, 250.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0688 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.122 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8818, 37.2865, 78.9005)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEE4 #E47F49

analogous

#49E4CD #49AEE4 #4961E4

triadic

#49AEE4 #E449AE #AEE449

tetradic

#49AEE4 #CD49E4 #E47F49 #61E449

square

#49AEE4 #CD49E4 #E47F49 #61E449

split-complementary

#49AEE4 #E44961 #E4CD49

monochromatic

#176D9C #1F93D1 #49AEE4 #7EC6EC #B4DDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#49AEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#49AEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEE4

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEE4	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.122 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6ec',
    500: '#49aee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aee4;
$custom-light: #8dc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.903,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71416,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEE4

secondary

#E3BBA6

accent

#7837F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEE4

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

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