#49BAE6#49BAE6

#49BAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAE6
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -18.21, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 36.20, 239.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.08 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.119 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5837, 42.2436, 81.1788)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAE6 #E67549

analogous

#49E6C3 #49BAE6 #496CE6

triadic

#49BAE6 #E649BA #BAE649

tetradic

#49BAE6 #C349E6 #E67549 #6CE649

square

#49BAE6 #C349E6 #E67549 #6CE649

split-complementary

#49BAE6 #E6496C #E6C349

monochromatic

#16789F #1DA1D5 #49BAE6 #7FCEED #B5E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#49BAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAE6

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAE6	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceee',
    500: '#49bae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bae6;
$custom-light: #8dceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.815,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7427,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAE6

secondary

#E4B8A7

accent

#6A35F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAE6

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

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