#49C1E6#49C1E6

#49C1E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49C1E6
RGBrgb(73, 193, 230)
HSLhsl(194, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(194, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.07, -21.83, -28.16)
CIE-LCHlch(73.07, 35.63, 232.23°)
OKLaboklab(75.89% -0.0868 -0.0787)
OKLCHoklch(75.89% 0.117 222.2)
XYZxyz(36.0947, 45.2655, 81.6824)
Luminance0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49C1E6 #E66E49
analogous
#49E6BC #49C1E6 #4973E6
triadic
#49C1E6 #E649C1 #C1E649
tetradic
#49C1E6 #BC49E6 #E66E49 #73E649
square
#49C1E6 #BC49E6 #E66E49 #73E649
split-complementary
#49C1E6 #E64973 #E6BC49
monochromatic
#167F9F #1DA9D5 #49C1E6 #7FD3ED #B5E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#49C1E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05
#49C1E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C1E6
10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49C1E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49C1E61.002.0910.0510.05
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0521.001.001.00
##00000010.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABBCE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96ACE6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDCD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49c1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 193, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 222.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4ee',
    500: '#49c1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49c1e6;
$custom-light: #8ed4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49c1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.14,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75893,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49C1E6
secondary
#E4B5A7
accent
#6235F2
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#49C1E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva