#49B4E2#49B4E2

#49B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4E2
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -16.33, -32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 35.95, 242.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0754 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.117 230)
XYZ	xyz(32.7909, 39.5464, 77.8418)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4E2 #E27749

analogous

#49E2C3 #49B4E2 #4967E2

triadic

#49B4E2 #E249B4 #B4E249

tetradic

#49B4E2 #C349E2 #E27749 #67E249

square

#49B4E2 #C349E2 #E27749 #67E249

split-complementary

#49B4E2 #E24967 #E2C349

monochromatic

#187298 #2199CD #49B4E2 #7ECAEA #B3E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#49B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4E2

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4E2	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcaeb',
    500: '#49b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4e2;
$custom-light: #8dcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.039,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72706,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.3955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4E2

secondary

#E2B7A5

accent

#6F39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4E2

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

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