#49C0E2#49C0E2

#49C0E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C0E2
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 15%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -22.56, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 34.93, 229.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0874 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.115 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3191, 44.6028, 78.6846)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C0E2 #E26B49

analogous

#49E2B7 #49C0E2 #4973E2

triadic

#49C0E2 #E249C0 #C0E249

tetradic

#49C0E2 #B749E2 #E26B49 #73E249

square

#49C0E2 #B749E2 #E26B49 #73E249

split-complementary

#49C0E2 #E24973 #E2B749

monochromatic

#187C98 #21A7CD #49C0E2 #7ED2EA #B3E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#49C0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#49C0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C0E2

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C0E2	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3eb',
    500: '#49c0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c0e2;
$custom-light: #8dd3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75494,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C0E2

secondary

#E2B3A5

accent

#6139EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C0E2

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

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