#49CAE5#49CAE5

#49CAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.117 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CAE5
RGB	rgb(73, 202, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -26.66, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 35.66, 221.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0961 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.117 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0051, 49.3104, 81.6284)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CAE5 #E56449

analogous

#49E5B2 #49CAE5 #497CE5

triadic

#49CAE5 #E549CA #CAE549

tetradic

#49CAE5 #B249E5 #E56449 #7CE549

square

#49CAE5 #B249E5 #E56449 #7CE549

split-complementary

#49CAE5 #E5497C #E5B249

monochromatic

#16869D #1EB3D3 #49CAE5 #7FDAED #B4E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#49CAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#49CAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CAE5

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CAE5	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 202, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.117 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edaed',
    500: '#49cae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cae5;
$custom-light: #8edaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77951,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CAE5

secondary

#E3B1A6

accent

#5736F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CAE5

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

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