#49C5E4#49C5E4

#49C5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.116 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5E4
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 13.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -24.47, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 35.28, 226.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0916 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.116 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7117, 46.9463, 80.5105)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5E4 #E46849

analogous

#49E4B6 #49C5E4 #4978E4

triadic

#49C5E4 #E449C5 #C5E449

tetradic

#49C5E4 #B649E4 #E46849 #78E449

square

#49C5E4 #B649E4 #E46849 #78E449

split-complementary

#49C5E4 #E44978 #E4B649

monochromatic

#17819C #1FADD1 #49C5E4 #7ED6EC #B4E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#49C5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#49C5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5E4

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5E4	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.116 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ec',
    500: '#49c5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5e4;
$custom-light: #8ed6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76742,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5E4

secondary

#E3B2A6

accent

#5C37F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5E4

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

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