#49C5E8#49C5E8

#49C5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5E8
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -23.24, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 35.89, 229.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.09 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.118 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2734, 47.1710, 83.4688)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5E8 #E86C49

analogous

#49E8BC #49C5E8 #4975E8

triadic

#49C5E8 #E849C5 #C5E849

tetradic

#49C5E8 #BC49E8 #E86C49 #75E849

square

#49C5E8 #BC49E8 #E86C49 #75E849

split-complementary

#49C5E8 #E84975 #E8BC49

monochromatic

#1483A2 #1BAFD8 #49C5E8 #7FD6EF #B6E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#49C5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#49C5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5E8

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5E8	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)

#B0C0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ef',
    500: '#49c5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5e8;
$custom-light: #8ed6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.208,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76905,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5E8

secondary

#E5B5A8

accent

#5E34F4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5E8

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

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