#49B6E1#49B6E1

#49B6E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6E1
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -17.70, -30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 35.39, 239.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0778 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.116 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0608, 40.3050, 77.2568)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6E1 #E17449

analogous

#49E1C0 #49B6E1 #496AE1

triadic

#49B6E1 #E149B6 #B6E149

tetradic

#49B6E1 #C049E1 #E17449 #6AE149

square

#49B6E1 #C049E1 #E17449 #6AE149

split-complementary

#49B6E1 #E1496A #E1C049

monochromatic

#197397 #229BCB #49B6E1 #7ECBEA #B2E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49B6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#49B6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6E1

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6E1	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccea',
    500: '#49b6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6e1;
$custom-light: #8dccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.974,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73126,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6E1

secondary

#E1B6A5

accent

#6D39EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6E1

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

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