#49BAE0#49BAE0

#49BAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAE0
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -20.10, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 34.77, 234.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0821 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.114 224)
XYZ	xyz(33.7556, 41.9124, 76.8175)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAE0 #E06F49

analogous

#49E0BA #49BAE0 #496EE0

triadic

#49BAE0 #E049BA #BAE049

tetradic

#49BAE0 #BA49E0 #E06F49 #6EE049

square

#49BAE0 #BA49E0 #E06F49 #6EE049

split-complementary

#49BAE0 #E0496E #E0BA49

monochromatic

#197695 #229FC9 #49BAE0 #7DCEE9 #B2E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#49BAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAE0

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAE0	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee9',
    500: '#49bae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bae0;
$custom-light: #8dcee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.099,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74012,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.41916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAE0

secondary

#E0B3A4

accent

#673AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAE0

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

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