#49C5F0#49C5F0

#49C5F0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.123 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5F0
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 240)
HSL	hsl(195, 85%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -20.75, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 37.48, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0871 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.123 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4357, 47.6359, 89.5902)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5F0 #F07449

analogous

#49F0C8 #49C5F0 #4972F0

triadic

#49C5F0 #F049C5 #C5F049

tetradic

#49C5F0 #C849F0 #F07449 #72F049

square

#49C5F0 #C849F0 #F07449 #72F049

split-complementary

#49C5F0 #F04972 #F0C849

monochromatic

#0F86B0 #13B2E9 #49C5F0 #82D7F5 #BAE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#49C5F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#49C5F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5F0

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5F0	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.123 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6f5',
    500: '#49c5f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5f0;
$custom-light: #8fd6f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.449,
    "s": 84.772,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7724,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5F0

secondary

#EABBAB

accent

#3D04E1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5F0

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

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