#49B3E1#49B3E1

#49B3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3E1
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -16.12, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 35.82, 243.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0748 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.117 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4530, 39.0894, 77.0542)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3E1 #E17749

analogous

#49E1C3 #49B3E1 #4967E1

triadic

#49B3E1 #E149B3 #B3E149

tetradic

#49B3E1 #C349E1 #E17749 #67E149

square

#49B3E1 #C349E1 #E17749 #67E149

split-complementary

#49B3E1 #E14967 #E1C349

monochromatic

#197197 #2298CB #49B3E1 #7EC9EA #B2DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#49B3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#49B3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3E1

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3E1	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9ea',
    500: '#49b3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3e1;
$custom-light: #8cc9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.158,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3E1

secondary

#E1B7A5

accent

#7039EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3E1

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

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