#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
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -12.90, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 38.02, 250.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0701 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.123 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5503, 38.1767, 80.5009)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##49B0E6	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49B0E6

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

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