#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
RGBrgb(73, 194, 228)
HSLhsl(193, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(193, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 14.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.28, -22.95, -26.75)
CIE-LCHlch(73.28, 35.25, 229.36°)
OKLaboklab(76.04% -0.0886 -0.0746)
OKLCHoklch(76.04% 0.116 220.1)
XYZxyz(36.0373, 45.5974, 80.2857)
Luminance0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##49C2E41.002.0810.1210.12
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1221.001.001.00
##00000010.1221.001.001.00

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

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#49C2E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva