#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
RGBrgb(73, 177, 230)
HSLhsl(200, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(200, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 23%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.44, -13.44, -35.31)
CIE-LCHlch(68.44, 37.78, 249.16°)
OKLaboklab(72.2% -0.0711 -0.0992)
OKLCHoklch(72.2% 0.122 234.4)
XYZxyz(32.7471, 38.5703, 80.5665)
Luminance0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##49B1E61.002.418.718.71
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7121.001.001.00
##0000008.7121.001.001.00

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

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#49B1E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva