#49B4FF#49B4FF

#49B4FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.146 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4FF
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 255)
HSL	hsl(205, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -6.83, -45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 46.39, 261.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.066 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.146 243)
XYZ	xyz(37.1119, 41.2748, 100.5993)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4FF #FF9449

analogous

#49FFEF #49B4FF #4959FF

triadic

#49B4FF #FF49B4 #B4FF49

tetradic

#49B4FF #EF49FF #FF9449 #59FF49

square

#49B4FF #EF49FF #FF9449 #59FF49

split-complementary

#49B4FF #FF4959 #FFEF49

monochromatic

#0079CE #0C9BFF #49B4FF #86CDFF #C3E6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#49B4FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#49B4FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4FF

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4FF	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A4FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.146 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91caff',
    500: '#49b4ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4ff;
$custom-light: #91caff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.725,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74081,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.41279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4FF

secondary

#F1CCB2

accent

#5F00E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F8FF

border

#CCD1D7

text

#0E1318

muted

#7E8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4FF

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

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