#49BFE6#49BFE6

#49BFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFE6
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 17%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -20.80, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 35.73, 234.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0849 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.117 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6556, 44.3873, 81.5360)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFE6 #E67049

analogous

#49E6BE #49BFE6 #4971E6

triadic

#49BFE6 #E649BF #BFE649

tetradic

#49BFE6 #BE49E6 #E67049 #71E649

square

#49BFE6 #BE49E6 #E67049 #71E649

split-complementary

#49BFE6 #E64971 #E6BE49

monochromatic

#167D9F #1DA7D5 #49BFE6 #7FD2ED #B5E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#49BFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#49BFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFE6

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFE6	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2ee',
    500: '#49bfe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfe6;
$custom-light: #8ed2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.904,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75428,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFE6

secondary

#E4B6A7

accent

#6435F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFE6

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

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