#49B3E2#49B3E2

#49B3E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3E2
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -15.80, -32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 36.12, 244.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0744 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.118 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5898, 39.1441, 77.7748)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3E2 #E27849

analogous

#49E2C4 #49B3E2 #4966E2

triadic

#49B3E2 #E249B3 #B3E249

tetradic

#49B3E2 #C449E2 #E27849 #66E249

square

#49B3E2 #C449E2 #E27849 #66E249

split-complementary

#49B3E2 #E24966 #E2C449

monochromatic

#187198 #2198CD #49B3E2 #7EC9EA #B3DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#49B3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#49B3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3E2

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3E2	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9eb',
    500: '#49b3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3e2;
$custom-light: #8dc9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.431,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3E2

secondary

#E2B8A5

accent

#7139EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3E2

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

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