#49AFE0#49AFE0

#49AFE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFE0
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 224)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 21.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -14.30, -33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 36.24, 246.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0712 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.117 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5269, 37.4548, 76.0745)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFE0 #E07A49

analogous

#49E0C5 #49AFE0 #4963E0

triadic

#49AFE0 #E049AF #AFE049

tetradic

#49AFE0 #C549E0 #E07A49 #63E049

square

#49AFE0 #C549E0 #E07A49 #63E049

split-complementary

#49AFE0 #E04963 #E0C549

monochromatic

#196D95 #2293C9 #49AFE0 #7DC6E9 #B2DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#49AFE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#49AFE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFE0

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFE0	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6ea',
    500: '#49afe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afe0;
$custom-light: #8cc6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.47,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFE0

secondary

#E0B8A4

accent

#743AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFE0

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

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