#49BAE8#49BAE8

#49BAE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAE8
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -17.58, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 36.73, 241.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0792 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.12 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8662, 42.3566, 82.6664)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAE8 #E87749

analogous

#49E8C6 #49BAE8 #496BE8

triadic

#49BAE8 #E849BA #BAE849

tetradic

#49BAE8 #C649E8 #E87749 #6BE849

square

#49BAE8 #C649E8 #E87749 #6BE849

split-complementary

#49BAE8 #E8496B #E8C649

monochromatic

#1479A2 #1BA2D8 #49BAE8 #7FCFEF #B6E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#49BAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAE8

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAE8	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceef',
    500: '#49bae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bae8;
$custom-light: #8eceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.358,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74357,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAE8

secondary

#E5B9A8

accent

#6B34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAE8

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

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