#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
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 228)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 22.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -14.09, -34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 37.12, 247.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0718 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.12 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4679, 38.4586, 79.0959)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49B1E4	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49B1E4

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

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