#49B8E1#49B8E1

#49B8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.115 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8E1
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -18.75, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 35.17, 237.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0798 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.115 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4733, 41.1300, 77.3943)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8E1 #E17249

analogous

#49E1BE #49B8E1 #496CE1

triadic

#49B8E1 #E149B8 #B8E149

tetradic

#49B8E1 #BE49E1 #E17249 #6CE149

square

#49B8E1 #BE49E1 #E17249 #6CE149

split-complementary

#49B8E1 #E1496C #E1BE49

monochromatic

#197597 #229DCB #49B8E1 #7ECCEA #B2E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49B8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#49B8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8E1

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8E1	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.115 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdea',
    500: '#49b8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8e1;
$custom-light: #8dcdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.184,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7359,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8E1

secondary

#E1B5A5

accent

#6A39EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8E1

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

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