#49BCE3#49BCE3

#49BCE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCE3
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -20.19, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 35.29, 235.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.083 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.116 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5904, 42.9251, 79.1205)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCE3 #E37049

analogous

#49E3BD #49BCE3 #496FE3

triadic

#49BCE3 #E349BC #BCE349

tetradic

#49BCE3 #BD49E3 #E37049 #6FE349

square

#49BCE3 #BD49E3 #E37049 #6FE349

split-complementary

#49BCE3 #E3496F #E3BD49

monochromatic

#18799A #20A3CF #49BCE3 #7ED0EB #B3E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#49BCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#49BCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCE3

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCE3	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ec',
    500: '#49bce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bce3;
$custom-light: #8dd0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.195,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74604,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCE3

secondary

#E2B5A6

accent

#6638F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCE3

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

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