#49B0FF#49B0FF

#49B0FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.149 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0FF
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 255)
HSL	hsl(206, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 31%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -4.61, -47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 47.87, 264.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0624 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.149 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3161, 39.6830, 100.3340)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0FF #FF9849

analogous

#49FFF3 #49B0FF #4955FF

triadic

#49B0FF #FF49B0 #B0FF49

tetradic

#49B0FF #F349FF #FF9849 #55FF49

square

#49B0FF #F349FF #FF9849 #55FF49

split-complementary

#49B0FF #FF4955 #FFF349

monochromatic

#0074CE #0C95FF #49B0FF #86CBFF #C3E5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49B0FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#49B0FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0FF

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0FF	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73A1FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.149 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7ff',
    500: '#49b0ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0ff;
$custom-light: #91c7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.044,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73192,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0FF

secondary

#F1CEB2

accent

#6400E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F8FF

border

#CCD1D7

text

#0E1318

muted

#7E8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0FF

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

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