#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
RGBrgb(73, 202, 233)
HSLhsl(192, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(192, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.78, -25.44, -25.62)
CIE-LCHlch(75.78, 36.11, 225.20°)
OKLaboklab(78.11% -0.0946 -0.0714)
OKLCHoklch(78.11% 0.118 217.1)
XYZxyz(38.5700, 49.5363, 84.6037)
Luminance0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##49CAE91.001.9310.9110.91
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9121.001.001.00
##00000010.9121.001.001.00

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

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#49CAE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva