#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
RGBrgb(73, 202, 229)
HSLhsl(190, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(190, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.64, -26.66, -23.68)
CIE-LCHlch(75.64, 35.66, 221.61°)
OKLaboklab(77.95% -0.0961 -0.0659)
OKLCHoklch(77.95% 0.117 214.4)
XYZxyz(38.0051, 49.3104, 81.6284)
Luminance0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##49CAE51.001.9310.8610.86
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8621.001.001.00
##00000010.8621.001.001.00

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

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#49CAE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva