#49BEE3#49BEE3

#49BEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEE3
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 227)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -21.22, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 35.17, 232.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.085 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.116 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0206, 43.7855, 79.2639)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEE3 #E36E49

analogous

#49E3BB #49BEE3 #4971E3

triadic

#49BEE3 #E349BE #BEE349

tetradic

#49BEE3 #BB49E3 #E36E49 #71E349

square

#49BEE3 #BB49E3 #E36E49 #71E349

split-complementary

#49BEE3 #E34971 #E3BB49

monochromatic

#187B9A #20A5CF #49BEE3 #7ED1EB #B3E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#49BEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#49BEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEE3

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEE3	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ec',
    500: '#49bee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bee3;
$custom-light: #8dd1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.416,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7507,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEE3

secondary

#E2B4A6

accent

#6438F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEE3

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

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