#49BEE6#49BEE6

#49BEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEE6
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -20.29, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 35.80, 235.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0839 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.118 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4382, 43.9526, 81.4636)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEE6 #E67149

analogous

#49E6C0 #49BEE6 #4970E6

triadic

#49BEE6 #E649BE #BEE649

tetradic

#49BEE6 #C049E6 #E67149 #70E649

square

#49BEE6 #C049E6 #E67149 #70E649

split-complementary

#49BEE6 #E64970 #E6C049

monochromatic

#167C9F #1DA6D5 #49BEE6 #7FD1ED #B5E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#49BEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#49BEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEE6

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEE6	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ee',
    500: '#49bee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bee6;
$custom-light: #8ed1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.287,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75196,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEE6

secondary

#E4B6A7

accent

#6635F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEE6

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

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