#49BFE8#49BFE8

#49BFE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFE8
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -20.18, -30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 36.17, 236.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0841 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.119 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9380, 44.5002, 83.0237)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFE8 #E87249

analogous

#49E8C2 #49BFE8 #496FE8

triadic

#49BFE8 #E849BF #BFE849

tetradic

#49BFE8 #C249E8 #E87249 #6FE849

square

#49BFE8 #C249E8 #E87249 #6FE849

split-complementary

#49BFE8 #E8496F #E8C249

monochromatic

#147EA2 #1BA8D8 #49BFE8 #7FD2EF #B6E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#49BFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#49BFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFE8

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFE8	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2ef',
    500: '#49bfe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfe8;
$custom-light: #8ed2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.472,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75513,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFE8

secondary

#E5B8A8

accent

#6534F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFE8

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

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