#49C7ED#49C7ED

#49C7ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.121 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C7ED
RGB	rgb(73, 199, 237)
HSL	hsl(194, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 16%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -22.71, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 36.74, 231.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0901 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.121 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4509, 48.3734, 87.4149)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#49C7ED #ED6F49

analogous

#49EDC1 #49C7ED #4975ED

triadic

#49C7ED #ED49C7 #C7ED49

tetradic

#49C7ED #C149ED #ED6F49 #75ED49

square

#49C7ED #C149ED #ED6F49 #75ED49

split-complementary

#49C7ED #ED4975 #EDC149

monochromatic

#1187AB #16B3E2 #49C7ED #81D8F3 #B8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#49C7ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#49C7ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C7ED

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C7ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C7ED	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c7ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 199, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.121 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd8f3',
    500: '#49c7ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c7ed;
$custom-light: #8fd8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c7ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.902,
    "s": 82,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77576,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C7ED

secondary

#E8B8AA

accent

#3907DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C7ED

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

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