#49C7E4#49C7E4

#49C7E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C7E4
RGB	rgb(73, 199, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -25.47, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 35.36, 223.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0935 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.116 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1688, 47.8606, 80.6629)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C7E4 #E46649

analogous

#49E4B4 #49C7E4 #497AE4

triadic

#49C7E4 #E449C7 #C7E449

tetradic

#49C7E4 #B449E4 #E46649 #7AE449

square

#49C7E4 #B449E4 #E46649 #7AE449

split-complementary

#49C7E4 #E4497A #E4B449

monochromatic

#17839C #1FB0D1 #49C7E4 #7ED7EC #B4E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#49C7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#49C7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C7E4

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C7E4	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 199, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed8ec',
    500: '#49c7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c7e4;
$custom-light: #8ed8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.226,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7721,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C7E4

secondary

#E3B1A6

accent

#5A37F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C7E4

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

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