#49B2E4#49B2E4

#49B2E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.120 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2E4
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 21.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -14.62, -33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 36.92, 246.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0728 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.12 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6661, 38.8551, 79.1620)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2E4 #E47B49

analogous

#49E4C9 #49B2E4 #4965E4

triadic

#49B2E4 #E449B2 #B2E449

tetradic

#49B2E4 #C949E4 #E47B49 #65E449

square

#49B2E4 #C949E4 #E47B49 #65E449

split-complementary

#49B2E4 #E44965 #E4C949

monochromatic

#17719C #1F97D1 #49B2E4 #7EC9EC #B4DFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#49B2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2E4

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2E4	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.120 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9ec',
    500: '#49b2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2e4;
$custom-light: #8dc9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72335,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2E4

secondary

#E3BAA6

accent

#7337F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2E4

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

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