#49C4E4#49C4E4

#49C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.116 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C4E4
RGB	rgb(73, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -23.97, -25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 35.26, 227.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0906 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.116 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4854, 46.4937, 80.4351)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C4E4 #E46949

analogous

#49E4B7 #49C4E4 #4977E4

triadic

#49C4E4 #E449C4 #C4E449

tetradic

#49C4E4 #B749E4 #E46949 #77E449

square

#49C4E4 #B749E4 #E46949 #77E449

split-complementary

#49C4E4 #E44977 #E4B749

monochromatic

#17809C #1FACD1 #49C4E4 #7ED5EC #B4E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#49C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#49C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C4E4

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C4E4	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.116 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ec',
    500: '#49c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c4e4;
$custom-light: #8ed6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.387,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76509,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C4E4

secondary

#E3B3A6

accent

#5D37F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C4E4

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

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