#49B7E4#49B7E4

#49B7E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.118 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7E4
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -17.27, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 36.06, 241.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0777 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.118 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6791, 40.8812, 79.4996)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7E4 #E47649

analogous

#49E4C3 #49B7E4 #496AE4

triadic

#49B7E4 #E449B7 #B7E449

tetradic

#49B7E4 #C349E4 #E47649 #6AE449

square

#49B7E4 #C349E4 #E47649 #6AE449

split-complementary

#49B7E4 #E4496A #E4C349

monochromatic

#17759C #1F9DD1 #49B7E4 #7ECCEC #B4E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49B7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#49B7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7E4

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7E4	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.118 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccec',
    500: '#49b7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7e4;
$custom-light: #8dccec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73489,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7E4

secondary

#E3B8A6

accent

#6D37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7E4

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

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