#49B1E2#49B1E2

#49B1E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1E2
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -14.73, -33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 36.48, 246.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0725 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.118 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1918, 38.3482, 77.6421)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1E2 #E27A49

analogous

#49E2C7 #49B1E2 #4964E2

triadic

#49B1E2 #E249B1 #B1E249

tetradic

#49B1E2 #C749E2 #E27A49 #64E249

square

#49B1E2 #C749E2 #E27A49 #64E249

split-complementary

#49B1E2 #E24964 #E2C749

monochromatic

#186F98 #2196CD #49B1E2 #7EC8EA #B3DEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#49B1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1E2

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1E2	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8eb',
    500: '#49b1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1e2;
$custom-light: #8cc8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.216,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72014,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1E2

secondary

#E2B9A5

accent

#7339EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1E2

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

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