#49B4EB#49B4EB

#49B4EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.125 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4EB
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 235)
HSL	hsl(200, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -13.43, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 38.78, 249.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0723 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.125 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0584, 40.0534, 84.5173)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4EB #EB8049

analogous

#49EBD1 #49B4EB #4963EB

triadic

#49B4EB #EB49B4 #B4EB49

tetradic

#49B4EB #D149EB #EB8049 #63EB49

square

#49B4EB #D149EB #EB8049 #63EB49

split-complementary

#49B4EB #EB4963 #EBD149

monochromatic

#1275A7 #189BDE #49B4EB #80CBF1 #B7E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49B4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#49B4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4EB

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4EB	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.125 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecaf1',
    500: '#49b4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4eb;
$custom-light: #8ecaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.37,
    "s": 80.198,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4EB

secondary

#E7BEA9

accent

#5109DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4EB

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

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