#49C4F0#49C4F0

#49C4F0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.124 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C4F0
RGB	rgb(73, 196, 240)
HSL	hsl(196, 85%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -20.24, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 37.57, 237.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0861 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.124 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2094, 47.1833, 89.5147)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C4F0 #F07549

analogous

#49F0C8 #49C4F0 #4971F0

triadic

#49C4F0 #F049C4 #C4F049

tetradic

#49C4F0 #C849F0 #F07549 #71F049

square

#49C4F0 #C849F0 #F07549 #71F049

split-complementary

#49C4F0 #F04971 #F0C849

monochromatic

#0F86B0 #13B0E9 #49C4F0 #82D6F5 #BAE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#49C4F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#49C4F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C4F0

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C4F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C4F0	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c4f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 196, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.124 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6f5',
    500: '#49c4f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c4f0;
$custom-light: #8fd6f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c4f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.808,
    "s": 84.772,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7701,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C4F0

secondary

#EABCAB

accent

#3E04E1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C4F0

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

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