#49B4E1#49B4E1

#49B4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4E1
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -16.65, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 35.67, 242.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0758 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.116 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6541, 39.4916, 77.1213)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4E1 #E17649

analogous

#49E1C2 #49B4E1 #4968E1

triadic

#49B4E1 #E149B4 #B4E149

tetradic

#49B4E1 #C249E1 #E17649 #68E149

square

#49B4E1 #C249E1 #E17649 #68E149

split-complementary

#49B4E1 #E14968 #E1C249

monochromatic

#197197 #2299CB #49B4E1 #7ECAEA #B2DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#49B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4E1

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4E1	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccaea',
    500: '#49b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4e1;
$custom-light: #8ccaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.763,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72662,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4E1

secondary

#E1B7A5

accent

#6F39EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4E1

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

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