#49BCE4#49BCE4

#49BCE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCE4
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -19.88, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 35.51, 235.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0826 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.117 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7288, 42.9805, 79.8495)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCE4 #E47149

analogous

#49E4BF #49BCE4 #496FE4

triadic

#49BCE4 #E449BC #BCE449

tetradic

#49BCE4 #BF49E4 #E47149 #6FE449

square

#49BCE4 #BF49E4 #E47149 #6FE449

split-complementary

#49BCE4 #E4496F #E4BF49

monochromatic

#17799C #1FA3D1 #49BCE4 #7ED0EC #B4E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#49BCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#49BCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCE4

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCE4	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ec',
    500: '#49bce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bce4;
$custom-light: #8dd0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74647,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCE4

secondary

#E3B6A6

accent

#6737F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCE4

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

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