#49BAE1#49BAE1

#49BAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAE1
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -19.79, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 34.99, 235.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0818 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.115 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8917, 41.9668, 77.5338)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAE1 #E17049

analogous

#49E1BC #49BAE1 #496EE1

triadic

#49BAE1 #E149BA #BAE149

tetradic

#49BAE1 #BC49E1 #E17049 #6EE149

square

#49BAE1 #BC49E1 #E17049 #6EE149

split-complementary

#49BAE1 #E1496E #E1BC49

monochromatic

#197697 #22A0CB #49BAE1 #7ECEEA #B2E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#49BAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAE1

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAE1	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)

#A4B6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceea',
    500: '#49bae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bae1;
$custom-light: #8dceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.395,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74054,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAE1

secondary

#E1B4A5

accent

#6839EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAE1

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

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