#49C6E1#49C6E1

#49C6E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49C6E1
RGBrgb(73, 198, 225)
HSLhsl(191, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(191, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 12%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.34, -25.88, -23.51)
CIE-LCHlch(74.34, 34.96, 222.25°)
OKLaboklab(76.86% -0.0937 -0.0654)
OKLCHoklch(76.86% 0.114 214.9)
XYZxyz(36.5267, 47.2368, 78.4121)
Luminance0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49C6E1 #E16449
analogous
#49E1B0 #49C6E1 #497AE1
triadic
#49C6E1 #E149C6 #C6E149
tetradic
#49C6E1 #B049E1 #E16449 #7AE149
square
#49C6E1 #B049E1 #E16449 #7AE149
split-complementary
#49C6E1 #E1497A #E1B049
monochromatic
#198097 #22ADCB #49C6E1 #7ED6EA #B2E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#49C6E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45
#49C6E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6E1
10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49C6E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49C6E11.002.0110.4510.45
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4521.001.001.00
##00000010.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3C0E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DB0E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49c6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 214.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7ea',
    500: '#49c6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49c6e1;
$custom-light: #8ed7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49c6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.658,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76857,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49C6E1
secondary
#E1AFA5
accent
#5A39EE
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#49C6E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva