#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
RGBrgb(73, 184, 232)
HSLhsl(198, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.54, -16.52, -33.15)
CIE-LCHlch(70.54, 37.04, 243.50°)
OKLaboklab(73.9% -0.0773 -0.0929)
OKLCHoklch(73.9% 0.121 230.3)
XYZxyz(34.4478, 41.5198, 82.5269)
Luminance0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##49B8E81.002.269.309.30
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3021.001.001.00
##0000009.3021.001.001.00

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

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#49B8E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva