#49C8E2#49C8E2

#49C8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8E2
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 226)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -26.57, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 35.21, 221.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0953 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.115 214)
XYZ	xyz(37.1236, 48.2118, 79.2861)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8E2 #E26349

analogous

#49E2AF #49C8E2 #497BE2

triadic

#49C8E2 #E249C8 #C8E249

tetradic

#49C8E2 #AF49E2 #E26349 #7BE249

square

#49C8E2 #AF49E2 #E26349 #7BE249

split-complementary

#49C8E2 #E2497B #E2AF49

monochromatic

#188398 #21B0CD #49C8E2 #7ED8EA #B3E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#49C8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#49C8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8E2

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8E2	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9eb',
    500: '#49c8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8e2;
$custom-light: #8ed9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.196,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77365,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.48216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8E2

secondary

#E2AFA5

accent

#5839EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8E2

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

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