#49CAE4#49CAE4

#49CAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.116 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CAE4
RGB	rgb(73, 202, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -26.96, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 35.56, 220.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0965 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.116 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8659, 49.2547, 80.8952)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CAE4 #E46349

analogous

#49E4B1 #49CAE4 #497CE4

triadic

#49CAE4 #E449CA #CAE449

tetradic

#49CAE4 #B149E4 #E46349 #7CE449

square

#49CAE4 #B149E4 #E46349 #7CE449

split-complementary

#49CAE4 #E4497C #E4B149

monochromatic

#17859C #1FB3D1 #49CAE4 #7EDAEC #B4E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#49CAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#49CAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CAE4

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CAE4	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 202, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.116 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edaec',
    500: '#49cae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cae4;
$custom-light: #8edaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.065,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77911,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CAE4

secondary

#E3B0A6

accent

#5637F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CAE4

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

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