#49C8F2#49C8F2

#49C8F2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.124 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8F2
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 242)
HSL	hsl(195, 87%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -21.66, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 37.69, 234.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0893 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.124 224)
XYZ	xyz(39.4224, 49.1313, 91.3928)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8F2 #F27349

analogous

#49F2C7 #49C8F2 #4974F2

triadic

#49C8F2 #F249C8 #C8F249

tetradic

#49C8F2 #C749F2 #F27349 #74F249

square

#49C8F2 #C749F2 #F27349 #74F249

split-complementary

#49C8F2 #F24974 #F2C749

monochromatic

#0D8AB4 #11B6ED #49C8F2 #82D9F6 #BBEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#49C8F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#49C8F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8F2

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8F2	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C4F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B3F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.124 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d8f6',
    500: '#49c8f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8f2;
$custom-light: #90d8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.911,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78016,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.49136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8F2

secondary

#EBBCAC

accent

#3A02E3

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8F2

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

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