#49B5E4#49B5E4

#49B5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.119 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5E4
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 20.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -16.22, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 36.37, 243.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0757 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.119 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2695, 40.0620, 79.3631)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5E4 #E47849

analogous

#49E4C6 #49B5E4 #4968E4

triadic

#49B5E4 #E449B5 #B5E449

tetradic

#49B5E4 #C649E4 #E47849 #68E449

square

#49B5E4 #C649E4 #E47849 #68E449

split-complementary

#49B5E4 #E44968 #E4C649

monochromatic

#17739C #1F9BD1 #49B5E4 #7ECBEC #B4E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49B5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#49B5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5E4

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5E4	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)

#9DB2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.119 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbec',
    500: '#49b5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5e4;
$custom-light: #8dcbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.194,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73027,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5E4

secondary

#E3B8A6

accent

#6F37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5E4

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

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