#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
RGBrgb(73, 190, 240)
HSLhsl(198, 85%, 61%)
HSVhsv(198, 70%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.58, -17.12, -34.32)
CIE-LCHlch(72.58, 38.36, 243.49°)
OKLaboklab(75.63% -0.0803 -0.0963)
OKLCHoklch(75.63% 0.125 230.2)
XYZxyz(36.8830, 44.5305, 89.0726)
Luminance0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##49BEF01.002.129.919.91
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9121.001.001.00
##0000009.9121.001.001.00

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

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#49BEF0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva