#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
RGBrgb(73, 183, 228)
HSLhsl(197, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(197, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.09, -17.27, -31.66)
CIE-LCHlch(70.09, 36.06, 241.38°)
OKLaboklab(73.49% -0.0777 -0.0887)
OKLCHoklch(73.49% 0.118 228.8)
XYZxyz(33.6791, 40.8812, 79.4996)
Luminance0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##49B7E41.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

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

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#49B7E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva