#49CAE9#49CAE9

#49CAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.118 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CAE9
RGB	rgb(73, 202, 233)
HSL	hsl(192, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -25.44, -25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 36.11, 225.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0946 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.118 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5700, 49.5363, 84.6037)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CAE9 #E96849

analogous

#49E9B8 #49CAE9 #497AE9

triadic

#49CAE9 #E949CA #CAE949

tetradic

#49CAE9 #B849E9 #E96849 #7AE949

square

#49CAE9 #B849E9 #E96849 #7AE949

split-complementary

#49CAE9 #E9497A #E9B849

monochromatic

#1488A4 #1AB5DA #49CAE9 #80DAF0 #B6EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#49CAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#49CAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CAE9

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CAE9	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 202, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.118 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdaf0',
    500: '#49cae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cae9;
$custom-light: #8fdaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.625,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78109,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CAE9

secondary

#E6B4A8

accent

#5833F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CAE9

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

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