#49B9EA#49B9EA

#49B9EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.122 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9EA
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -16.41, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 37.45, 244.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0776 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.122 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9420, 42.0510, 84.1011)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9EA #EA7A49

analogous

#49EACB #49B9EA #4968EA

triadic

#49B9EA #EA49B9 #B9EA49

tetradic

#49B9EA #CB49EA #EA7A49 #68EA49

square

#49B9EA #CB49EA #EA7A49 #68EA49

split-complementary

#49B9EA #EA4968 #EACB49

monochromatic

#1379A6 #19A1DC #49B9EA #80CEF0 #B7E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49B9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#49B9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9EA

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9EA	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.122 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecef1',
    500: '#49b9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9ea;
$custom-light: #8ecef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74216,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9EA

secondary

#E6BBA9

accent

#4A0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9EA

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

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