#49C2E4#49C2E4

#49C2E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C2E4
RGB	rgb(73, 194, 228)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 14.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -22.95, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 35.25, 229.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0886 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.116 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0373, 45.5974, 80.2857)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C2E4 #E46B49

analogous

#49E4B9 #49C2E4 #4975E4

triadic

#49C2E4 #E449C2 #C2E449

tetradic

#49C2E4 #B949E4 #E46B49 #75E449

square

#49C2E4 #B949E4 #E46B49 #75E449

split-complementary

#49C2E4 #E44975 #E4B949

monochromatic

#177E9C #1FAAD1 #49C2E4 #7ED4EC #B4E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#49C2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#49C2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C2E4

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C2E4	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 194, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4ec',
    500: '#49c2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c2e4;
$custom-light: #8ed4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.161,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C2E4

secondary

#E3B3A6

accent

#6037F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C2E4

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

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