#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
RGBrgb(73, 175, 230)
HSLhsl(201, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(201, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.86, -12.36, -36.21)
CIE-LCHlch(67.86, 38.26, 251.15°)
OKLaboklab(71.74% -0.0691 -0.1018)
OKLCHoklch(71.74% 0.123 235.8)
XYZxyz(32.3550, 37.7860, 80.4358)
Luminance0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##49AFE61.002.458.568.56
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5621.001.001.00
##0000008.5621.001.001.00

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

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#49AFE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva