#49BFE4#49BFE4

#49BFE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFE4
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 16.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -21.43, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 35.32, 232.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0856 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.116 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3763, 44.2756, 80.0654)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFE4 #E46E49

analogous

#49E4BC #49BFE4 #4972E4

triadic

#49BFE4 #E449BF #BFE449

tetradic

#49BFE4 #BC49E4 #E46E49 #72E449

square

#49BFE4 #BC49E4 #E46E49 #72E449

split-complementary

#49BFE4 #E44972 #E4BC49

monochromatic

#177C9C #1FA6D1 #49BFE4 #7ED2EC #B4E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#49BFE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#49BFE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFE4

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFE4	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2ec',
    500: '#49bfe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfe4;
$custom-light: #8ed2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.323,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75344,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFE4

secondary

#E3B5A6

accent

#6337F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFE4

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

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