#49C2ED#49C2ED

#49C2ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.122 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C2ED
RGB	rgb(73, 194, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -20.15, -31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 37.06, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0853 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.122 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3193, 46.1103, 87.0377)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C2ED #ED7449

analogous

#49EDC6 #49C2ED #4970ED

triadic

#49C2ED #ED49C2 #C2ED49

tetradic

#49C2ED #C649ED #ED7449 #70ED49

square

#49C2ED #C649ED #ED7449 #70ED49

split-complementary

#49C2ED #ED4970 #EDC649

monochromatic

#1182AB #16ADE2 #49C2ED #81D5F3 #B8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#49C2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#49C2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C2ED

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C2ED	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 194, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.122 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4f3',
    500: '#49c2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c2ed;
$custom-light: #8fd4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.732,
    "s": 82,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7642,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C2ED

secondary

#E8BAAA

accent

#4007DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C2ED

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

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