#49B4E4#49B4E4

#49B4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4E4
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -15.69, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 36.54, 244.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0747 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.119 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0669, 39.6568, 79.2956)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4E4 #E47949

analogous

#49E4C7 #49B4E4 #4967E4

triadic

#49B4E4 #E449B4 #B4E449

tetradic

#49B4E4 #C749E4 #E47949 #67E449

square

#49B4E4 #C749E4 #E47949 #67E449

split-complementary

#49B4E4 #E44967 #E4C749

monochromatic

#17739C #1F9AD1 #49B4E4 #7ECAEC #B4E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#49B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4E4

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4E4	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcaec',
    500: '#49b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4e4;
$custom-light: #8dcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.581,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72796,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4E4

secondary

#E3B9A6

accent

#7137F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4E4

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

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