#49BFE9#49BFE9

#49BFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.120 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFE9
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 18%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -19.86, -30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 36.40, 236.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0838 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.12 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0805, 44.5572, 83.7739)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFE9 #E97349

analogous

#49E9C3 #49BFE9 #496FE9

triadic

#49BFE9 #E949BF #BFE949

tetradic

#49BFE9 #C349E9 #E97349 #6FE949

square

#49BFE9 #C349E9 #E97349 #6FE949

split-complementary

#49BFE9 #E9496F #E9C349

monochromatic

#147EA4 #1AA8DA #49BFE9 #80D2F0 #B6E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#49BFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#49BFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFE9

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFE9	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)

#A8BBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.120 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2f0',
    500: '#49bfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfe9;
$custom-light: #8ed2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75556,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFE9

secondary

#E6B8A8

accent

#6633F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFE9

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

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