#49B5E1#49B5E1

#49B5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5E1
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -17.17, -31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 35.52, 241.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0768 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.116 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8567, 39.8969, 77.1888)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5E1 #E17549

analogous

#49E1C1 #49B5E1 #4969E1

triadic

#49B5E1 #E149B5 #B5E149

tetradic

#49B5E1 #C149E1 #E17549 #69E149

square

#49B5E1 #C149E1 #E17549 #69E149

split-complementary

#49B5E1 #E14969 #E1C149

monochromatic

#197297 #229ACB #49B5E1 #7ECAEA #B2E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49B5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#49B5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5E1

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5E1	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbea',
    500: '#49b5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5e1;
$custom-light: #8dcbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72894,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5E1

secondary

#E1B6A5

accent

#6E39EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5E1

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

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