#49BCE6#49BCE6

#49BCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.118 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCE6
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -19.25, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 35.98, 237.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0819 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.118 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0080, 43.0922, 81.3202)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCE6 #E67349

analogous

#49E6C2 #49BCE6 #496EE6

triadic

#49BCE6 #E649BC #BCE649

tetradic

#49BCE6 #C249E6 #E67349 #6EE649

square

#49BCE6 #C249E6 #E67349 #6EE649

split-complementary

#49BCE6 #E6496E #E6C249

monochromatic

#167A9F #1DA4D5 #49BCE6 #7FD0ED #B5E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#49BCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#49BCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCE6

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCE6	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.118 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0ee',
    500: '#49bce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bce6;
$custom-light: #8ed0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.051,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74733,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCE6

secondary

#E4B7A7

accent

#6835F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCE6

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

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