#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
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 20.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -16.75, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 36.21, 242.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0767 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.118 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4736, 40.4701, 79.4311)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49B6E4	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49B6E4

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

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