#49B9E1#49B9E1

#49B9E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.115 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9E1
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -19.27, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 35.07, 236.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0808 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.115 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6817, 41.5469, 77.4638)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9E1 #E17149

analogous

#49E1BD #49B9E1 #496DE1

triadic

#49B9E1 #E149B9 #B9E149

tetradic

#49B9E1 #BD49E1 #E17149 #6DE149

square

#49B9E1 #BD49E1 #E17149 #6DE149

split-complementary

#49B9E1 #E1496D #E1BD49

monochromatic

#197697 #229FCB #49B9E1 #7ECDEA #B2E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49B9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#49B9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9E1

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9E1	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.115 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceea',
    500: '#49b9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9e1;
$custom-light: #8dceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73822,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9E1

secondary

#E1B5A5

accent

#6939EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9E1

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

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