#49B9E3#49B9E3

#49B9E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9E3
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -18.64, -30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 35.55, 238.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.08 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.117 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9562, 41.6567, 78.9091)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9E3 #E37349

analogous

#49E3C0 #49B9E3 #496CE3

triadic

#49B9E3 #E349B9 #B9E349

tetradic

#49B9E3 #C049E3 #E37349 #6CE349

square

#49B9E3 #C049E3 #E37349 #6CE349

split-complementary

#49B9E3 #E3496C #E3C049

monochromatic

#18769A #209FCF #49B9E3 #7ECDEB #B3E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49B9E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#49B9E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9E3

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9E3	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceec',
    500: '#49b9e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9e3;
$custom-light: #8dceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73908,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9E3

secondary

#E2B6A6

accent

#6A38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9E3

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

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