#49CAF2#49CAF2

#49CAF2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.124 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CAF2
RGB	rgb(73, 202, 242)
HSL	hsl(194, 87%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -22.67, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 37.57, 232.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0912 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.124 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8886, 50.0638, 91.5482)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CAF2 #F27149

analogous

#49F2C6 #49CAF2 #4976F2

triadic

#49CAF2 #F249CA #CAF249

tetradic

#49CAF2 #C649F2 #F27149 #76F249

square

#49CAF2 #C649F2 #F27149 #76F249

split-complementary

#49CAF2 #F24976 #F2C649

monochromatic

#0D8CB4 #11B9ED #49CAF2 #82DBF6 #BBEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#49CAF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#49CAF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CAF2

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CAF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CAF2	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C5F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB4F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49caf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 202, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.124 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90daf6',
    500: '#49caf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49caf2;
$custom-light: #90daf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49caf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.201,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78477,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CAF2

secondary

#B34C2C

accent

#3802E3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CAF2

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

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