#49B6E4#49B6E4

#49B6E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B6E4
RGBrgb(73, 182, 228)
HSLhsl(198, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(198, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 20.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(69.80, -16.75, -32.11)
CIE-LCHlch(69.80, 36.21, 242.45°)
OKLaboklab(73.26% -0.0767 -0.09)
OKLCHoklch(73.26% 0.118 229.5)
XYZxyz(33.4736, 40.4701, 79.4311)
Luminance0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B6E4 #E47749
analogous
#49E4C4 #49B6E4 #4969E4
triadic
#49B6E4 #E449B6 #B6E449
tetradic
#49B6E4 #C449E4 #E47749 #69E449
square
#49B6E4 #C449E4 #E47749 #69E449
split-complementary
#49B6E4 #E44969 #E4C449
monochromatic
#17749C #1F9CD1 #49B6E4 #7ECBEC #B4E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#49B6E4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09
#49B6E4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6E4
9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B6E4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B6E41.002.319.099.09
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0921.001.001.00
##0000009.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EB3E6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A4E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 229.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccec',
    500: '#49b6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b6e4;
$custom-light: #8dccec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.806,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73257,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B6E4
secondary
#E3B8A6
accent
#6E37F1
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#49B6E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva