#49C3E4#49C3E4

#49C3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C3E4
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 228)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 14.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -23.46, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 35.25, 228.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0896 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.116 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2606, 46.0441, 80.3601)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C3E4 #E46A49

analogous

#49E4B8 #49C3E4 #4976E4

triadic

#49C3E4 #E449C3 #C3E449

tetradic

#49C3E4 #B849E4 #E46A49 #76E449

square

#49C3E4 #B849E4 #E46A49 #76E449

split-complementary

#49C3E4 #E44976 #E4B849

monochromatic

#177F9C #1FABD1 #49C3E4 #7ED5EC #B4E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#49C3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#49C3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C3E4

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C3E4	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5ec',
    500: '#49c3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c3e4;
$custom-light: #8ed5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.774,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76276,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C3E4

secondary

#E3B3A6

accent

#5F37F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C3E4

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

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