#49BCE8#49BCE8

#49BCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.120 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49BCE8
RGBrgb(73, 188, 232)
HSLhsl(197, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(197, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.69, -18.62, -31.36)
CIE-LCHlch(71.69, 36.47, 239.30°)
OKLaboklab(74.82% -0.0812 -0.0878)
OKLCHoklch(74.82% 0.12 227.2)
XYZxyz(35.2905, 43.2052, 82.8078)
Luminance0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49BCE8 #E87549
analogous
#49E8C5 #49BCE8 #496CE8
triadic
#49BCE8 #E849BC #BCE849
tetradic
#49BCE8 #C549E8 #E87549 #6CE849
square
#49BCE8 #C549E8 #E87549 #6CE849
split-complementary
#49BCE8 #E8496C #E8C549
monochromatic
#147BA2 #1BA4D8 #49BCE8 #7FD0EF #B6E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#49BCE8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64
#49BCE8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCE8
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49BCE8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49BCE81.002.189.649.64
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6421.001.001.00
##0000009.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5B9EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FA9E7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49bce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.120 227.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0ef',
    500: '#49bce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49bce8;
$custom-light: #8ed0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49bce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.604,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74819,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49BCE8
secondary
#E5B9A8
accent
#6934F4
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCE8

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#49BCE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva