#49C3E9#49C3E9

#49C3E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C3E9
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -21.91, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 36.13, 232.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0877 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.119 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9647, 46.3257, 84.0686)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C3E9 #E96F49

analogous

#49E9BF #49C3E9 #4973E9

triadic

#49C3E9 #E949C3 #C3E949

tetradic

#49C3E9 #BF49E9 #E96F49 #73E949

square

#49C3E9 #BF49E9 #E96F49 #73E949

split-complementary

#49C3E9 #E94973 #E9BF49

monochromatic

#1482A4 #1AADDA #49C3E9 #80D5F0 #B6E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#49C3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#49C3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C3E9

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C3E9	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5f0',
    500: '#49c3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c3e9;
$custom-light: #8ed5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.25,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76482,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C3E9

secondary

#E6B7A8

accent

#6133F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C3E9

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

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