#49B0E6#49B0E6

#49B0E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.123 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B0E6
RGBrgb(73, 176, 230)
HSLhsl(201, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(201, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.15, -12.90, -35.76)
CIE-LCHlch(68.15, 38.02, 250.16°)
OKLaboklab(71.97% -0.0701 -0.1005)
OKLCHoklch(71.97% 0.123 235.1)
XYZxyz(32.5503, 38.1767, 80.5009)
Luminance0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B0E6 #E67F49
analogous
#49E6CE #49B0E6 #4962E6
triadic
#49B0E6 #E649B0 #B0E649
tetradic
#49B0E6 #CE49E6 #E67F49 #62E649
square
#49B0E6 #CE49E6 #E67F49 #62E649
split-complementary
#49B0E6 #E64962 #E6CE49
monochromatic
#16709F #1D96D5 #49B0E6 #7FC7ED #B5DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#49B0E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64
#49B0E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0E6
8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B0E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B0E61.002.438.648.64
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6421.001.001.00
##0000008.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96AFE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#819FE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.123 235.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7ee',
    500: '#49b0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b0e6;
$custom-light: #8dc7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.637,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71967,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B0E6
secondary
#E4BCA7
accent
#7635F2
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#49B0E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva