#49C0E4#49C0E4

#49C0E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C0E4
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 15.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -21.94, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 35.29, 231.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0866 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.116 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5951, 44.7132, 80.1383)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C0E4 #E46D49

analogous

#49E4BA #49C0E4 #4973E4

triadic

#49C0E4 #E449C0 #C0E449

tetradic

#49C0E4 #BA49E4 #E46D49 #73E449

square

#49C0E4 #BA49E4 #E46D49 #73E449

split-complementary

#49C0E4 #E44973 #E4BA49

monochromatic

#177D9C #1FA8D1 #49C0E4 #7ED2EC #B4E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#49C0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#49C0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C0E4

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C0E4	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3ec',
    500: '#49c0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c0e4;
$custom-light: #8ed3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.935,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75577,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C0E4

secondary

#E3B4A6

accent

#6237F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C0E4

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

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