#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
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 12%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -25.88, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 34.96, 222.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0937 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.114 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5267, 47.2368, 78.4121)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49C6E1	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49C6E1

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

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