#49BEE4#49BEE4

#49BEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEE4
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 16.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -20.91, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 35.37, 233.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0846 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.116 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1590, 43.8409, 79.9929)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEE4 #E46F49

analogous

#49E4BD #49BEE4 #4971E4

triadic

#49BEE4 #E449BE #BEE449

tetradic

#49BEE4 #BD49E4 #E46F49 #71E449

square

#49BEE4 #BD49E4 #E46F49 #71E449

split-complementary

#49BEE4 #E44971 #E4BD49

monochromatic

#177B9C #1FA5D1 #49BEE4 #7ED1EC #B4E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#49BEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#49BEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEE4

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEE4	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ec',
    500: '#49bee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bee4;
$custom-light: #8dd1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.71,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75112,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEE4

secondary

#E3B5A6

accent

#6537F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEE4

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

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