#49B6E2#49B6E2

#49B6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6E2
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -17.38, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 35.66, 240.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0774 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.117 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1976, 40.3597, 77.9774)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6E2 #E27549

analogous

#49E2C1 #49B6E2 #4969E2

triadic

#49B6E2 #E249B6 #B6E249

tetradic

#49B6E2 #C149E2 #E27549 #69E249

square

#49B6E2 #C149E2 #E27549 #69E249

split-complementary

#49B6E2 #E24969 #E2C149

monochromatic

#187398 #219CCD #49B6E2 #7ECBEA #B3E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49B6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#49B6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6E2

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6E2	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcceb',
    500: '#49b6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6e2;
$custom-light: #8dcceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.255,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73169,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6E2

secondary

#E2B7A5

accent

#6D39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6E2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →