#49B1E6#49B1E6

#49B1E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1E6
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 23%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -13.44, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 37.78, 249.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0711 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.122 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7471, 38.5703, 80.5665)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1E6 #E67E49

analogous

#49E6CD #49B1E6 #4963E6

triadic

#49B1E6 #E649B1 #B1E649

tetradic

#49B1E6 #CD49E6 #E67E49 #63E649

square

#49B1E6 #CD49E6 #E67E49 #63E649

split-complementary

#49B1E6 #E64963 #E6CD49

monochromatic

#16719F #1D97D5 #49B1E6 #7FC8ED #B5DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#49B1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1E6

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1E6	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8ee',
    500: '#49b1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1e6;
$custom-light: #8dc8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.255,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72197,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1E6

secondary

#E4BBA7

accent

#7535F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1E6

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

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