#49BBE6#49BBE6

#49BBE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBE6
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -18.73, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 36.08, 238.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0809 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.118 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7951, 42.6664, 81.2492)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBE6 #E67449

analogous

#49E6C2 #49BBE6 #496DE6

triadic

#49BBE6 #E649BB #BBE649

tetradic

#49BBE6 #C249E6 #E67449 #6DE649

square

#49BBE6 #C249E6 #E67449 #6DE649

split-complementary

#49BBE6 #E6496D #E6C249

monochromatic

#16799F #1DA2D5 #49BBE6 #7FCFED #B5E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#49BBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#49BBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBE6

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBE6	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfee',
    500: '#49bbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbe6;
$custom-light: #8ecfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.433,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74501,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBE6

secondary

#E4B8A7

accent

#6935F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBE6

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

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