#49BAE3#49BAE3

#49BAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.116 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAE3
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -19.16, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 35.45, 237.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.081 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.116 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1661, 42.0765, 78.9791)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAE3 #E37249

analogous

#49E3BF #49BAE3 #496DE3

triadic

#49BAE3 #E349BA #BAE349

tetradic

#49BAE3 #BF49E3 #E37249 #6DE349

square

#49BAE3 #BF49E3 #E37249 #6DE349

split-complementary

#49BAE3 #E3496D #E3BF49

monochromatic

#18779A #20A0CF #49BAE3 #7ECEEB #B3E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#49BAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAE3

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAE3	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.116 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceec',
    500: '#49bae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bae3;
$custom-light: #8dceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.974,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7414,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAE3

secondary

#E2B6A6

accent

#6938F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAE3

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

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