#49BAE5#49BAE5

#49BAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.118 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAE5
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -18.53, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 35.94, 238.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0803 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.118 227)
XYZ	xyz(34.4437, 42.1876, 80.4413)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAE5 #E57449

analogous

#49E5C2 #49BAE5 #496CE5

triadic

#49BAE5 #E549BA #BAE549

tetradic

#49BAE5 #C249E5 #E57449 #6CE549

square

#49BAE5 #C249E5 #E57449 #6CE549

split-complementary

#49BAE5 #E5496C #E5C249

monochromatic

#16789D #1EA1D3 #49BAE5 #7FCEED #B4E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#49BAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAE5

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAE5	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.118 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceed',
    500: '#49bae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bae5;
$custom-light: #8dceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.538,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74226,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.42191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAE5

secondary

#E3B7A6

accent

#6A36F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAE5

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

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