#49B3E4#49B3E4

#49B3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3E4
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 21.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -15.16, -33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 36.72, 245.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0737 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.119 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8658, 39.2545, 79.2285)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3E4 #E47A49

analogous

#49E4C8 #49B3E4 #4966E4

triadic

#49B3E4 #E449B3 #B3E449

tetradic

#49B3E4 #C849E4 #E47A49 #66E449

square

#49B3E4 #C849E4 #E47A49 #66E449

split-complementary

#49B3E4 #E44966 #E4C849

monochromatic

#17729C #1F99D1 #49B3E4 #7EC9EC #B4E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49B3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#49B3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3E4

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3E4	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9ec',
    500: '#49b3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3e4;
$custom-light: #8dc9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.968,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72565,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3E4

secondary

#E3B9A6

accent

#7237F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3E4

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

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