#49B2E0#49B2E0

#49B2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2E0
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -15.91, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 35.70, 243.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0742 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.116 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1172, 38.6356, 76.2713)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2E0 #E07749

analogous

#49E0C2 #49B2E0 #4966E0

triadic

#49B2E0 #E049B2 #B2E049

tetradic

#49B2E0 #C249E0 #E07749 #66E049

square

#49B2E0 #C249E0 #E07749 #66E049

split-complementary

#49B2E0 #E04966 #E0C249

monochromatic

#196F95 #2297C9 #49B2E0 #7DC8E9 #B2DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#49B2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2E0

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2E0	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e9',
    500: '#49b2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2e0;
$custom-light: #8cc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.278,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72155,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2E0

secondary

#E0B7A4

accent

#713AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2E0

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

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