#49C9E5#49C9E5

#49C9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.116 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C9E5
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 229)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -26.16, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 35.59, 222.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0951 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.116 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7712, 48.8426, 81.5505)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C9E5 #E56549

analogous

#49E5B3 #49C9E5 #497BE5

triadic

#49C9E5 #E549C9 #C9E549

tetradic

#49C9E5 #B349E5 #E56549 #7BE549

square

#49C9E5 #B349E5 #E56549 #7BE549

split-complementary

#49C9E5 #E5497B #E5B349

monochromatic

#16859D #1EB2D3 #49C9E5 #7FD9ED #B4E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#49C9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#49C9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9E5

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C9E5	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.116 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9ed',
    500: '#49c9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c9e5;
$custom-light: #8ed9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77717,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C9E5

secondary

#E3B1A6

accent

#5836F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9E5

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

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