#49B8E7#49B8E7

#49B8E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.120 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8E7
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -16.84, -32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 36.75, 242.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0776 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.12 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3062, 41.4632, 81.7810)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8E7 #E77849

analogous

#49E7C7 #49B8E7 #4969E7

triadic

#49B8E7 #E749B8 #B8E749

tetradic

#49B8E7 #C749E7 #E77849 #69E749

square

#49B8E7 #C749E7 #E77849 #69E749

split-complementary

#49B8E7 #E74969 #E7C749

monochromatic

#1577A0 #1C9FD7 #49B8E7 #7FCDEE #B5E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49B8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#49B8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8E7

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8E7	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.120 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdee',
    500: '#49b8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8e7;
$custom-light: #8dcdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.848,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73852,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8E7

secondary

#E5B9A7

accent

#6D35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8E7

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

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