#49BBEE#49BBEE

#49BBEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.125 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBEE
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -16.18, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 38.29, 245.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0781 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.125 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9444, 43.1261, 87.3022)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBEE #EE7C49

analogous

#49EECE #49BBEE #4968EE

triadic

#49BBEE #EE49BB #BBEE49

tetradic

#49BBEE #CE49EE #EE7C49 #68EE49

square

#49BBEE #CE49EE #EE7C49 #68EE49

split-complementary

#49BBEE #EE4968 #EECE49

monochromatic

#107CAC #15A4E4 #49BBEE #81D0F3 #B9E5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#49BBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#49BBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBEE

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBEE	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.125 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcff3',
    500: '#49bbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbee;
$custom-light: #8fcff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74854,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBEE

secondary

#E9BEAA

accent

#4906DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBEE

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

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