#49B8E8#49B8E8

#49B8E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.121 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8E8
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -16.52, -33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 37.04, 243.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0773 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.121 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4478, 41.5198, 82.5269)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8E8 #E87949

analogous

#49E8C8 #49B8E8 #4969E8

triadic

#49B8E8 #E849B8 #B8E849

tetradic

#49B8E8 #C849E8 #E87949 #69E849

square

#49B8E8 #C849E8 #E87949 #69E849

split-complementary

#49B8E8 #E84969 #E8C849

monochromatic

#1477A2 #1B9FD8 #49B8E8 #7FCDEF #B6E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49B8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#49B8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8E8

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8E8	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.121 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdef',
    500: '#49b8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8e8;
$custom-light: #8ecdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.113,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73896,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8E8

secondary

#E5BAA8

accent

#6E34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8E8

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

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