#49B4E0#49B4E0

#49B4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4E0
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -16.96, -31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 35.39, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0761 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.116 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5181, 39.4372, 76.4049)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4E0 #E07549

analogous

#49E0C0 #49B4E0 #4969E0

triadic

#49B4E0 #E049B4 #B4E049

tetradic

#49B4E0 #C049E0 #E07549 #69E049

square

#49B4E0 #C049E0 #E07549 #69E049

split-complementary

#49B4E0 #E04969 #E0C049

monochromatic

#197195 #2299C9 #49B4E0 #7DCAE9 #B2DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49B4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#49B4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4E0

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4E0	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae9',
    500: '#49b4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4e0;
$custom-light: #8ccae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.483,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72618,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4E0

secondary

#E0B6A4

accent

#6E3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4E0

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

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