#49C0E6#49C0E6

#49C0E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C0E6
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -21.31, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 35.68, 233.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0859 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.117 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8744, 44.8249, 81.6090)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C0E6 #E66F49

analogous

#49E6BD #49C0E6 #4972E6

triadic

#49C0E6 #E649C0 #C0E649

tetradic

#49C0E6 #BD49E6 #E66F49 #72E649

square

#49C0E6 #BD49E6 #E66F49 #72E649

split-complementary

#49C0E6 #E64972 #E6BD49

monochromatic

#167E9F #1DA8D5 #49C0E6 #7FD3ED #B5E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#49C0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#49C0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C0E6

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C0E6	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3ee',
    500: '#49c0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c0e6;
$custom-light: #8ed3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.522,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7566,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C0E6

secondary

#E4B6A7

accent

#6335F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C0E6

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

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