#49C6E4#49C6E4

#49C6E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.116 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6E4
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 13.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -24.97, -24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 35.31, 225.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0925 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.116 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9395, 47.4019, 80.5864)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6E4 #E46749

analogous

#49E4B5 #49C6E4 #4979E4

triadic

#49C6E4 #E449C6 #C6E449

tetradic

#49C6E4 #B549E4 #E46749 #79E449

square

#49C6E4 #B549E4 #E46749 #79E449

split-complementary

#49C6E4 #E44979 #E4B549

monochromatic

#17829C #1FAED1 #49C6E4 #7ED7EC #B4E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#49C6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#49C6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6E4

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6E4	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.116 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7ec',
    500: '#49c6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6e4;
$custom-light: #8ed7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76976,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6E4

secondary

#E3B2A6

accent

#5B37F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6E4

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

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