#49C5E1#49C5E1

#49C5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.114 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5E1
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -25.38, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 34.90, 223.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0927 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.114 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2988, 46.7811, 78.3362)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5E1 #E16549

analogous

#49E1B1 #49C5E1 #4979E1

triadic

#49C5E1 #E149C5 #C5E149

tetradic

#49C5E1 #B149E1 #E16549 #79E149

square

#49C5E1 #B149E1 #E16549 #79E149

split-complementary

#49C5E1 #E14979 #E1B149

monochromatic

#198097 #22ACCB #49C5E1 #7ED6EA #B2E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#49C5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#49C5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5E1

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5E1	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.114 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ea',
    500: '#49c5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5e1;
$custom-light: #8ed6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76622,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5E1

secondary

#E1B0A5

accent

#5B39EE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5E1

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

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