#49B2E6#49B2E6

#49B2E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2E6
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -13.98, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 37.56, 248.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0721 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.122 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9453, 38.9668, 80.6326)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2E6 #E67D49

analogous

#49E6CC #49B2E6 #4964E6

triadic

#49B2E6 #E649B2 #B2E649

tetradic

#49B2E6 #CC49E6 #E67D49 #64E649

square

#49B2E6 #CC49E6 #E67D49 #64E649

split-complementary

#49B2E6 #E64964 #E6CC49

monochromatic

#16719F #1D98D5 #49B2E6 #7FC9ED #B5E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#49B2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2E6

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2E6	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9ee',
    500: '#49b2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2e6;
$custom-light: #8dc9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.873,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2E6

secondary

#E4BBA7

accent

#7435F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2E6

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

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