#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
RGBrgb(73, 181, 226)
HSLhsl(198, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(198, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.44, -16.86, -31.58)
CIE-LCHlch(69.44, 35.80, 241.91°)
OKLaboklab(72.94% -0.0764 -0.0885)
OKLCHoklch(72.94% 0.117 229.2)
XYZxyz(32.9935, 39.9516, 77.9094)
Luminance0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##49B5E21.002.348.998.99
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9921.001.001.00
##0000008.9921.001.001.00

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

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#49B5E2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva