#49BBE8#49BBE8

#49BBE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBE8
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -18.10, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 36.60, 240.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0802 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.12 228)
XYZ	xyz(35.0776, 42.7794, 82.7369)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBE8 #E87649

analogous

#49E8C5 #49BBE8 #496CE8

triadic

#49BBE8 #E849BB #BBE849

tetradic

#49BBE8 #C549E8 #E87649 #6CE849

square

#49BBE8 #C549E8 #E87649 #6CE849

split-complementary

#49BBE8 #E8496C #E8C549

monochromatic

#147AA2 #1BA3D8 #49BBE8 #7FCFEF #B6E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#49BBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#49BBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBE8

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBE8	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfef',
    500: '#49bbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbe8;
$custom-light: #8ecfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74588,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.42783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBE8

secondary

#E5B9A8

accent

#6A34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBE8

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

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