#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
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -18.62, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 36.47, 239.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0812 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.12 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2905, 43.2052, 82.8078)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##49BCE8	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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