#49BCE5#49BCE5

#49BCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCE5
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -19.57, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 35.74, 236.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0823 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.117 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8680, 43.0362, 80.5827)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCE5 #E57249

analogous

#49E5C0 #49BCE5 #496EE5

triadic

#49BCE5 #E549BC #BCE549

tetradic

#49BCE5 #C049E5 #E57249 #6EE549

square

#49BCE5 #C049E5 #E57249 #6EE549

split-complementary

#49BCE5 #E5496E #E5C049

monochromatic

#167A9D #1EA3D3 #49BCE5 #7FD0ED #B4E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#49BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#49BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCE5

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCE5	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ed',
    500: '#49bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bce5;
$custom-light: #8dd0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.769,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7469,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCE5

secondary

#E3B6A6

accent

#6736F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCE5

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

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