#49B9E8#49B9E8

#49B9E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9E8
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -17.05, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 36.88, 242.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0783 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.121 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6563, 41.9367, 82.5964)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9E8 #E87849

analogous

#49E8C8 #49B9E8 #4969E8

triadic

#49B9E8 #E849B9 #B9E849

tetradic

#49B9E8 #C849E8 #E87849 #69E849

square

#49B9E8 #C849E8 #E87849 #69E849

split-complementary

#49B9E8 #E84969 #E8C849

monochromatic

#1478A2 #1BA1D8 #49B9E8 #7FCEEF #B6E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49B9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#49B9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9E8

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9E8	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceef',
    500: '#49b9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9e8;
$custom-light: #8eceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.736,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74127,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9E8

secondary

#E5BAA8

accent

#6D34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9E8

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

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