#49BEF0#49BEF0

#49BEF0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.125 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEF0
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 240)
HSL	hsl(198, 85%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -17.12, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 38.36, 243.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0803 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.125 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8830, 44.5305, 89.0726)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEF0 #F07B49

analogous

#49F0CF #49BEF0 #496BF0

triadic

#49BEF0 #F049BE #BEF049

tetradic

#49BEF0 #CF49F0 #F07B49 #6BF049

square

#49BEF0 #CF49F0 #F07B49 #6BF049

split-complementary

#49BEF0 #F0496B #F0CF49

monochromatic

#0F80B0 #13A9E9 #49BEF0 #82D2F5 #BAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#49BEF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#49BEF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEF0

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEF0	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BBF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EABEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bef0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.125 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1f5',
    500: '#49bef0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bef0;
$custom-light: #8fd1f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bef0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.964,
    "s": 84.772,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75631,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEF0

secondary

#EABEAB

accent

#4604E1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEF0

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

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