#49B0E2#49B0E2

#49B0E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0E2
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 226)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 22.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -14.20, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 36.68, 247.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0715 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.119 233)
XYZ	xyz(31.9950, 37.9546, 77.5765)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0E2 #E27B49

analogous

#49E2C7 #49B0E2 #4963E2

triadic

#49B0E2 #E249B0 #B0E249

tetradic

#49B0E2 #C749E2 #E27B49 #63E249

square

#49B0E2 #C749E2 #E27B49 #63E249

split-complementary

#49B0E2 #E24963 #E2C749

monochromatic

#186E98 #2195CD #49B0E2 #7EC7EA #B3DEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#49B0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#49B0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0E2

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0E2	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7eb',
    500: '#49b0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0e2;
$custom-light: #8cc7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.608,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71783,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.37958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0E2

secondary

#E2B9A5

accent

#7439EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0E2

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

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