#49C4E0#49C4E0

#49C4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.114 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C4E0
RGB	rgb(73, 196, 224)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 12.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -25.19, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 34.73, 223.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0921 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.114 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9365, 46.2741, 77.5444)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C4E0 #E06549

analogous

#49E0B0 #49C4E0 #4978E0

triadic

#49C4E0 #E049C4 #C4E049

tetradic

#49C4E0 #B049E0 #E06549 #78E049

square

#49C4E0 #B049E0 #E06549 #78E049

split-complementary

#49C4E0 #E04978 #E0B049

monochromatic

#197E95 #22AAC9 #49C4E0 #7DD5E9 #B2E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#49C4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#49C4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C4E0

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C4E0	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 196, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.114 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6e9',
    500: '#49c4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c4e0;
$custom-light: #8dd6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.126,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76348,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C4E0

secondary

#E0AFA4

accent

#5B3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C4E0

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

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