#49C6E9#49C6E9

#49C6E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.119 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6E9
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 233)
HSL	hsl(193, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 15%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -23.44, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 36.05, 229.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0906 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.119 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6437, 47.6836, 84.2949)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6E9 #E96C49

analogous

#49E9BC #49C6E9 #4976E9

triadic

#49C6E9 #E949C6 #C6E949

tetradic

#49C6E9 #BC49E9 #E96C49 #76E949

square

#49C6E9 #BC49E9 #E96C49 #76E949

split-complementary

#49C6E9 #E94976 #E9BC49

monochromatic

#1484A4 #1AB0DA #49C6E9 #80D7F0 #B6E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#49C6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#49C6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6E9

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6E9	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.119 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7f0',
    500: '#49c6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6e9;
$custom-light: #8fd7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77179,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6E9

secondary

#E6B6A8

accent

#5D33F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6E9

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

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