#49B7E1#49B7E1

#49B7E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.116 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7E1
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 18.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -18.22, -30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 35.27, 238.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0788 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.116 227)
XYZ	xyz(33.2663, 40.7160, 77.3253)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7E1 #E17349

analogous

#49E1BF #49B7E1 #496BE1

triadic

#49B7E1 #E149B7 #B7E149

tetradic

#49B7E1 #BF49E1 #E17349 #6BE149

square

#49B7E1 #BF49E1 #E17349 #6BE149

split-complementary

#49B7E1 #E1496B #E1BF49

monochromatic

#197497 #229CCB #49B7E1 #7ECCEA #B2E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#49B7E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#49B7E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7E1

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7E1	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.116 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccea',
    500: '#49b7e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7e1;
$custom-light: #8dccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73357,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.4072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7E1

secondary

#E1B5A5

accent

#6B39EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7E1

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

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