#49C2E9#49C2E9

#49C2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.119 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C2E9
RGB	rgb(73, 194, 233)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -21.40, -29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 36.18, 233.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0867 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.119 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7414, 45.8791, 83.9942)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C2E9 #E97049

analogous

#49E9C0 #49C2E9 #4972E9

triadic

#49C2E9 #E949C2 #C2E949

tetradic

#49C2E9 #C049E9 #E97049 #72E949

square

#49C2E9 #C049E9 #E97049 #72E949

split-complementary

#49C2E9 #E94972 #E9C049

monochromatic

#1481A4 #1AACDA #49C2E9 #80D4F0 #B6E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#49C2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#49C2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C2E9

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C2E9	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 194, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.119 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4f0',
    500: '#49c2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c2e9;
$custom-light: #8ed4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.625,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7625,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C2E9

secondary

#E6B7A8

accent

#6233F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C2E9

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

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