#49B5E2#49B5E2

#49B5E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5E2
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -16.86, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 35.80, 241.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0764 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.117 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9935, 39.9516, 77.9094)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5E2 #E27649

analogous

#49E2C2 #49B5E2 #4968E2

triadic

#49B5E2 #E249B5 #B5E249

tetradic

#49B5E2 #C249E2 #E27649 #68E249

square

#49B5E2 #C249E2 #E27649 #68E249

split-complementary

#49B5E2 #E24968 #E2C249

monochromatic

#187398 #219ACD #49B5E2 #7ECAEA #B3E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49B5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#49B5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5E2

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5E2	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)

#9EB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbeb',
    500: '#49b5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5e2;
$custom-light: #8dcbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5E2

secondary

#E2B7A5

accent

#6E39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5E2

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

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