#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
RGB	rgb(73, 194, 230)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -22.34, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 35.60, 231.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0878 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.117 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3165, 45.7091, 81.7563)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49C2E6	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49C2E6

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

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