#49BAE7#49BAE7

#49BAE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAE7
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -17.89, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 36.46, 240.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0796 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.119 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7246, 42.2999, 81.9205)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAE7 #E77649

analogous

#49E7C5 #49BAE7 #496BE7

triadic

#49BAE7 #E749BA #BAE749

tetradic

#49BAE7 #C549E7 #E77649 #6BE749

square

#49BAE7 #C549E7 #E77649 #6BE749

split-complementary

#49BAE7 #E7496B #E7C549

monochromatic

#1579A0 #1CA1D7 #49BAE7 #7FCEEE #B5E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#49BAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAE7

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAE7	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceee',
    500: '#49bae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bae7;
$custom-light: #8eceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.089,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74314,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAE7

secondary

#E5B9A7

accent

#6B35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAE7

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

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