#49C8E4#49C8E4

#49C8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.116 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8E4
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 12.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -25.97, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 35.42, 222.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0945 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.116 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3997, 48.3222, 80.7398)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8E4 #E46549

analogous

#49E4B3 #49C8E4 #497BE4

triadic

#49C8E4 #E449C8 #C8E449

tetradic

#49C8E4 #B349E4 #E46549 #7BE449

square

#49C8E4 #B349E4 #E46549 #7BE449

split-complementary

#49C8E4 #E4497B #E4B349

monochromatic

#17849C #1FB1D1 #49C8E4 #7ED8EC #B4E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#49C8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#49C8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8E4

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8E4	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.116 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9ec',
    500: '#49c8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8e4;
$custom-light: #8ed9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.839,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77443,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8E4

secondary

#E3B1A6

accent

#5937F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8E4

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

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