#49B1E4#49B1E4

#49B1E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B1E4
RGBrgb(73, 177, 228)
HSLhsl(200, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(200, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 22.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.36, -14.09, -34.34)
CIE-LCHlch(68.36, 37.12, 247.70°)
OKLaboklab(72.1% -0.0718 -0.0964)
OKLCHoklch(72.1% 0.12 233.3)
XYZxyz(32.4679, 38.4586, 79.0959)
Luminance0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B1E4 #E47C49
analogous
#49E4CA #49B1E4 #4964E4
triadic
#49B1E4 #E449B1 #B1E449
tetradic
#49B1E4 #CA49E4 #E47C49 #64E449
square
#49B1E4 #CA49E4 #E47C49 #64E449
split-complementary
#49B1E4 #E44964 #E4CA49
monochromatic
#17709C #1F96D1 #49B1E4 #7EC8EC #B4DFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#49B1E4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69
#49B1E4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1E4
8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B1E4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B1E41.002.428.698.69
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6921.001.001.00
##0000008.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98AFE6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#83A0E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b1e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 233.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8ec',
    500: '#49b1e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b1e4;
$custom-light: #8dc8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b1e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.742,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72105,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B1E4
secondary
#E3BAA6
accent
#7437F1
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#49B1E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva