#49BCE0#49BCE0

#49BCE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCE0
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -21.13, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 34.66, 232.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0841 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.114 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1799, 42.7609, 76.9589)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCE0 #E06D49

analogous

#49E0B9 #49BCE0 #4970E0

triadic

#49BCE0 #E049BC #BCE049

tetradic

#49BCE0 #B949E0 #E06D49 #70E049

square

#49BCE0 #B949E0 #E06D49 #70E049

split-complementary

#49BCE0 #E04970 #E0B949

monochromatic

#197895 #22A2C9 #49BCE0 #7DCFE9 #B2E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#49BCE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#49BCE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCE0

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCE0	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)

#A7B8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0e9',
    500: '#49bce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bce0;
$custom-light: #8dd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.305,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74478,
    "c": 0.11386,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCE0

secondary

#E0B3A4

accent

#653AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCE0

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

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