#49BBE7#49BBE7

#49BBE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBE7
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 19%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -18.42, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 36.34, 239.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0806 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.119 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9360, 42.7227, 81.9909)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBE7 #E77549

analogous

#49E7C4 #49BBE7 #496CE7

triadic

#49BBE7 #E749BB #BBE749

tetradic

#49BBE7 #C449E7 #E77549 #6CE749

square

#49BBE7 #C449E7 #E77549 #6CE749

split-complementary

#49BBE7 #E7496C #E7C449

monochromatic

#157AA0 #1CA3D7 #49BBE7 #7FCFEE #B5E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#49BBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#49BBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBE7

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBE7	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfee',
    500: '#49bbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbe7;
$custom-light: #8ecfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74545,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBE7

secondary

#E5B8A7

accent

#6A35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBE7

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

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