#49BBE4#49BBE4

#49BBE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBE4
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 18%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -19.36, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 35.60, 237.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0817 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.117 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5159, 42.5547, 79.7786)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBE4 #E47249

analogous

#49E4C0 #49BBE4 #496EE4

triadic

#49BBE4 #E449BB #BBE449

tetradic

#49BBE4 #C049E4 #E47249 #6EE449

square

#49BBE4 #C049E4 #E47249 #6EE449

split-complementary

#49BBE4 #E4496E #E4C049

monochromatic

#17789C #1FA2D1 #49BBE4 #7ECFEC #B4E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#49BBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#49BBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBE4

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBE4	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfec',
    500: '#49bbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbe4;
$custom-light: #8dcfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.871,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74415,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBE4

secondary

#E3B6A6

accent

#6837F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBE4

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

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