#49C2E5#49C2E5

#49C2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.116 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49C2E5
RGBrgb(73, 194, 229)
HSLhsl(193, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(193, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.32, -22.65, -27.23)
CIE-LCHlch(73.32, 35.42, 230.26°)
OKLaboklab(76.08% -0.0882 -0.076)
OKLCHoklch(76.08% 0.116 220.8)
XYZxyz(36.1765, 45.6531, 81.0189)
Luminance0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49C2E5 #E56C49
analogous
#49E5BA #49C2E5 #4974E5
triadic
#49C2E5 #E549C2 #C2E549
tetradic
#49C2E5 #BA49E5 #E56C49 #74E549
square
#49C2E5 #BA49E5 #E56C49 #74E549
split-complementary
#49C2E5 #E54974 #E5BA49
monochromatic
#167F9D #1EAAD3 #49C2E5 #7FD4ED #B4E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#49C2E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13
#49C2E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C2E5
10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49C2E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49C2E51.002.0710.1310.13
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1321.001.001.00
##00000010.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADBDE7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#97ADE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDCD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49c2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 194, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.116 220.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4ed',
    500: '#49c2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49c2e5;
$custom-light: #8ed4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49c2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.462,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76084,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49C2E5
secondary
#E3B4A6
accent
#6036F2
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#49C2E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva