#49B4E9#49B4E9

#49B4E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.123 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4E9
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -14.08, -35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 38.11, 248.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.073 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.123 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7711, 39.9384, 83.0041)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4E9 #E97E49

analogous

#49E9CE #49B4E9 #4964E9

triadic

#49B4E9 #E949B4 #B4E949

tetradic

#49B4E9 #CE49E9 #E97E49 #64E949

square

#49B4E9 #CE49E9 #E97E49 #64E949

split-complementary

#49B4E9 #E94964 #E9CE49

monochromatic

#1474A4 #1A9BDA #49B4E9 #80CAF0 #B6E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#49B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4E9

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4E9	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.123 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecaf0',
    500: '#49b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4e9;
$custom-light: #8ecaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.875,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73023,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4E9

secondary

#E6BDA8

accent

#7333F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4E9

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

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