#49BEE2#49BEE2

#49BEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEE2
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -21.53, -27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 34.97, 232.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0854 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.115 222)
XYZ	xyz(34.8830, 43.7305, 78.5392)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEE2 #E26D49

analogous

#49E2BA #49BEE2 #4971E2

triadic

#49BEE2 #E249BE #BEE249

tetradic

#49BEE2 #BA49E2 #E26D49 #71E249

square

#49BEE2 #BA49E2 #E26D49 #71E249

split-complementary

#49BEE2 #E24971 #E2BA49

monochromatic

#187A98 #21A5CD #49BEE2 #7ED1EA #B3E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#49BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#49BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEE2

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEE2	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1eb',
    500: '#49bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bee2;
$custom-light: #8dd1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75028,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.43734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEE2

secondary

#E2B3A5

accent

#6439EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEE2

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

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