#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
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 231)
HSL	hsl(193, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -24.05, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 35.73, 227.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0914 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.117 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3596, 47.5699, 82.7988)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##49C6E7	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49C6E7

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

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