#49C2E6#49C2E6

#49C2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.117 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49C2E6
RGBrgb(73, 194, 230)
HSLhsl(194, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(194, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.36, -22.34, -27.72)
CIE-LCHlch(73.36, 35.60, 231.14°)
OKLaboklab(76.13% -0.0878 -0.0774)
OKLCHoklch(76.13% 0.117 221.4)
XYZxyz(36.3165, 45.7091, 81.7563)
Luminance0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49C2E6 #E66D49
analogous
#49E6BC #49C2E6 #4974E6
triadic
#49C2E6 #E649C2 #C2E649
tetradic
#49C2E6 #BC49E6 #E66D49 #74E649
square
#49C2E6 #BC49E6 #E66D49 #74E649
split-complementary
#49C2E6 #E64974 #E6BC49
monochromatic
#167F9F #1DABD5 #49C2E6 #7FD4ED #B5E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#49C2E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14
#49C2E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C2E6
10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49C2E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49C2E61.002.0710.1410.14
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1421.001.001.00
##00000010.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADBDE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#97ADE6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDCD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49c2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 194, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.117 221.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4ee',
    500: '#49c2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49c2e6;
$custom-light: #8ed4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49c2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.758,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76125,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49C2E6
secondary
#E4B5A7
accent
#6135F2
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#49C2E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva