#49BBE5#49BBE5

#49BBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBE5
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 18.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -19.05, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 35.84, 237.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0813 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.118 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6551, 42.6104, 80.5118)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBE5 #E57349

analogous

#49E5C1 #49BBE5 #496DE5

triadic

#49BBE5 #E549BB #BBE549

tetradic

#49BBE5 #C149E5 #E57349 #6DE549

square

#49BBE5 #C149E5 #E57349 #6DE549

split-complementary

#49BBE5 #E5496D #E5C149

monochromatic

#16799D #1EA2D3 #49BBE5 #7FCFED #B4E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#49BBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#49BBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBE5

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBE5	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfed',
    500: '#49bbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbe5;
$custom-light: #8dcfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74458,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBE5

secondary

#E3B7A6

accent

#6936F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBE5

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

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