#49C9E4#49C9E4

#49C9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.116 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C9E4
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -26.46, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 35.48, 221.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0955 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.116 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6320, 48.7869, 80.8173)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C9E4 #E46449

analogous

#49E4B2 #49C9E4 #497CE4

triadic

#49C9E4 #E449C9 #C9E449

tetradic

#49C9E4 #B249E4 #E46449 #7CE449

square

#49C9E4 #B249E4 #E46449 #7CE449

split-complementary

#49C9E4 #E4497C #E4B249

monochromatic

#17849C #1FB2D1 #49C9E4 #7ED9EC #B4E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#49C9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#49C9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9E4

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C9E4	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.116 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9ec',
    500: '#49c9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c9e4;
$custom-light: #8ed9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.452,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77677,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C9E4

secondary

#E3B1A6

accent

#5737F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9E4

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

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