#49AFE4#49AFE4

#49AFE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.121 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFE4
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 23.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -13.01, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 37.57, 249.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0698 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.121 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0757, 37.6743, 78.9652)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFE4 #E47E49

analogous

#49E4CC #49AFE4 #4962E4

triadic

#49AFE4 #E449AF #AFE449

tetradic

#49AFE4 #CC49E4 #E47E49 #62E449

square

#49AFE4 #CC49E4 #E47E49 #62E449

split-complementary

#49AFE4 #E44962 #E4CC49

monochromatic

#176E9C #1F94D1 #49AFE4 #7EC6EC #B4DEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49AFE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#49AFE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFE4

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFE4	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.121 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6ec',
    500: '#49afe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afe4;
$custom-light: #8dc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.516,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71645,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFE4

secondary

#E3BBA6

accent

#7737F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFE4

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

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