#49C3E1#49C3E1

#49C3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C3E1
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 225)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -24.38, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 34.81, 225.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0907 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.114 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8477, 45.8789, 78.1858)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C3E1 #E16749

analogous

#49E1B3 #49C3E1 #4977E1

triadic

#49C3E1 #E149C3 #C3E149

tetradic

#49C3E1 #B349E1 #E16749 #77E149

square

#49C3E1 #B349E1 #E16749 #77E149

split-complementary

#49C3E1 #E14977 #E1B349

monochromatic

#197E97 #22AACB #49C3E1 #7ED4EA #B2E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#49C3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#49C3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C3E1

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C3E1	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)

#AFBDE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd5ea',
    500: '#49c3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c3e1;
$custom-light: #8dd5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.842,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76154,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C3E1

secondary

#E1B1A5

accent

#5D39EE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C3E1

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

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