#49C6E7#49C6E7

#49C6E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.117 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49C6E7
RGBrgb(73, 198, 231)
HSLhsl(193, 77%, 60%)
HSVhsv(193, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(74.55, -24.05, -26.43)
CIE-LCHlch(74.55, 35.73, 227.69°)
OKLaboklab(77.1% -0.0914 -0.0737)
OKLCHoklch(77.1% 0.117 218.9)
XYZxyz(37.3596, 47.5699, 82.7988)
Luminance0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49C6E7 #E76A49
analogous
#49E7B9 #49C6E7 #4977E7
triadic
#49C6E7 #E749C6 #C6E749
tetradic
#49C6E7 #B949E7 #E76A49 #77E749
square
#49C6E7 #B949E7 #E76A49 #77E749
split-complementary
#49C6E7 #E74977 #E7B949
monochromatic
#1583A0 #1CB0D7 #49C6E7 #7FD7EE #B5E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#49C6E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51
#49C6E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6E7
10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49C6E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49C6E71.002.0010.5110.51
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5121.001.001.00
##00000010.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1C1E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BB0E7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D1D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49c6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.117 218.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7ee',
    500: '#49c6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49c6e7;
$custom-light: #8ed7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49c6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.532,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77097,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49C6E7
secondary
#E5B4A7
accent
#5C35F3
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#49C6E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva