#49BEE8#49BEE8

#49BEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEE8
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -19.66, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 36.26, 237.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0832 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.119 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7207, 44.0656, 82.9512)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEE8 #E87349

analogous

#49E8C2 #49BEE8 #496FE8

triadic

#49BEE8 #E849BE #BEE849

tetradic

#49BEE8 #C249E8 #E87349 #6FE849

square

#49BEE8 #C249E8 #E87349 #6FE849

split-complementary

#49BEE8 #E8496F #E8C249

monochromatic

#147DA2 #1BA6D8 #49BEE8 #7FD1EF #B6E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#49BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#49BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEE8

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEE8	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ef',
    500: '#49bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bee8;
$custom-light: #8ed1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75282,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEE8

secondary

#E5B8A8

accent

#6734F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEE8

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

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