#49B9E5#49B9E5

#49B9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.118 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9E5
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -18.00, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 36.06, 240.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0793 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.118 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2338, 41.7677, 80.3713)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9E5 #E57549

analogous

#49E5C3 #49B9E5 #496BE5

triadic

#49B9E5 #E549B9 #B9E549

tetradic

#49B9E5 #C349E5 #E57549 #6BE549

square

#49B9E5 #C349E5 #E57549 #6BE549

split-complementary

#49B9E5 #E5496B #E5C349

monochromatic

#16779D #1EA0D3 #49B9E5 #7FCEED #B4E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49B9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#49B9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9E5

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9E5	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.118 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceed',
    500: '#49b9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9e5;
$custom-light: #8dceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73995,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9E5

secondary

#E3B8A6

accent

#6B36F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9E5

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

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