#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
RGBrgb(73, 195, 228)
HSLhsl(193, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(193, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 14.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.57, -23.46, -26.30)
CIE-LCHlch(73.57, 35.25, 228.27°)
OKLaboklab(76.28% -0.0896 -0.0734)
OKLCHoklch(76.28% 0.116 219.3)
XYZxyz(36.2606, 46.0441, 80.3601)
Luminance0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##49C3E41.002.0610.2110.21
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2121.001.001.00
##00000010.2121.001.001.00

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

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#49C3E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva