#49B3E0#49B3E0

#49B3E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3E0
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -16.44, -31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 35.54, 242.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0752 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.116 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3169, 39.0350, 76.3379)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3E0 #E07649

analogous

#49E0C2 #49B3E0 #4967E0

triadic

#49B3E0 #E049B3 #B3E049

tetradic

#49B3E0 #C249E0 #E07649 #67E049

square

#49B3E0 #C249E0 #E07649 #67E049

split-complementary

#49B3E0 #E04967 #E0C249

monochromatic

#197095 #2298C9 #49B3E0 #7DC9E9 #B2DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#49B3E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#49B3E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3E0

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3E0	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e9',
    500: '#49b3e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3e0;
$custom-light: #8cc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.881,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72386,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3E0

secondary

#E0B6A4

accent

#703AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3E0

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

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