#49B4E6#49B4E6

#49B4E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4E6
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -15.04, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 37.15, 246.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.074 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.121 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3462, 39.7685, 80.7662)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4E6 #E67B49

analogous

#49E6C9 #49B4E6 #4966E6

triadic

#49B4E6 #E649B4 #B4E649

tetradic

#49B4E6 #C949E6 #E67B49 #66E649

square

#49B4E6 #C949E6 #E67B49 #66E649

split-complementary

#49B4E6 #E64966 #E6C949

monochromatic

#16739F #1D9AD5 #49B4E6 #7FCAED #B5E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#49B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4E6

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4E6	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcaee',
    500: '#49b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4e6;
$custom-light: #8dcaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.108,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72886,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4E6

secondary

#E4BAA7

accent

#7235F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4E6

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

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