#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
RGB	rgb(73, 194, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -22.65, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 35.42, 230.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0882 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.116 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1765, 45.6531, 81.0189)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##49C2E5	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49C2E5

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

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