#49AFE6#49AFE6

#49AFE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFE6
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -12.36, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 38.26, 251.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0691 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.123 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3550, 37.7860, 80.4358)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFE6 #E68049

analogous

#49E6CE #49AFE6 #4961E6

triadic

#49AFE6 #E649AF #AFE649

tetradic

#49AFE6 #CE49E6 #E68049 #61E649

square

#49AFE6 #CE49E6 #E68049 #61E649

split-complementary

#49AFE6 #E64961 #E6CE49

monochromatic

#166F9F #1D94D5 #49AFE6 #7FC7ED #B5DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#49AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFE6

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFE6	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6ee',
    500: '#49afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afe6;
$custom-light: #8dc6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.019,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71738,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFE6

secondary

#E4BCA7

accent

#7835F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFE6

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

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