#49C6E3#49C6E3

#49C6E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.115 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6E3
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 227)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -25.28, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 35.19, 224.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0929 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.115 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8011, 47.3466, 79.8574)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6E3 #E36649

analogous

#49E3B3 #49C6E3 #4979E3

triadic

#49C6E3 #E349C6 #C6E349

tetradic

#49C6E3 #B349E3 #E36649 #79E349

square

#49C6E3 #B349E3 #E36649 #79E349

split-complementary

#49C6E3 #E34979 #E3B349

monochromatic

#18819A #20AECF #49C6E3 #7ED7EB #B3E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#49C6E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#49C6E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6E3

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6E3	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.115 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7eb',
    500: '#49c6e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6e3;
$custom-light: #8ed7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.299,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76936,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6E3

secondary

#E2B1A6

accent

#5A38F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6E3

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

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