#49C6E5#49C6E5

#49C6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.116 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6E5
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 13.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -24.67, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 35.44, 225.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0922 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.116 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0787, 47.4576, 81.3196)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6E5 #E56849

analogous

#49E5B6 #49C6E5 #4978E5

triadic

#49C6E5 #E549C6 #C6E549

tetradic

#49C6E5 #B649E5 #E56849 #78E549

square

#49C6E5 #B649E5 #E56849 #78E549

split-complementary

#49C6E5 #E54978 #E5B649

monochromatic

#16829D #1EAFD3 #49C6E5 #7FD7ED #B4E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#49C6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#49C6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6E5

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6E5	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.116 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7ed',
    500: '#49c6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6e5;
$custom-light: #8ed7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.923,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77016,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6E5

secondary

#E3B3A6

accent

#5B36F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6E5

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

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