#49BBE0#49BBE0

#49BBE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBE0
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 224)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -20.62, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 34.71, 233.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0831 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.114 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9671, 42.3352, 76.8879)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBE0 #E06E49

analogous

#49E0B9 #49BBE0 #496FE0

triadic

#49BBE0 #E049BB #BBE049

tetradic

#49BBE0 #B949E0 #E06E49 #6FE049

square

#49BBE0 #B949E0 #E06E49 #6FE049

split-complementary

#49BBE0 #E0496F #E0B949

monochromatic

#197795 #22A1C9 #49BBE0 #7DCFE9 #B2E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BBE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#49BBE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBE0

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBE0	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)

#A6B7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfe9',
    500: '#49bbe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbe0;
$custom-light: #8dcfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74245,
    "c": 0.114,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBE0

secondary

#E0B3A4

accent

#663AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBE0

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

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