#49CAF3#49CAF3

#49CAF3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.124 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CAF3
RGB	rgb(73, 202, 243)
HSL	hsl(194, 88%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 16.9%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -22.36, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 37.77, 233.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0908 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.124 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0392, 50.1240, 92.3414)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CAF3 #F37249

analogous

#49F3C7 #49CAF3 #4975F3

triadic

#49CAF3 #F349CA #CAF349

tetradic

#49CAF3 #C749F3 #F37249 #75F349

square

#49CAF3 #C749F3 #F37249 #75F349

split-complementary

#49CAF3 #F34975 #F3C749

monochromatic

#0C8DB6 #10B9EF #49CAF3 #82DBF7 #BCEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#49CAF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#49CAF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CAF3

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CAF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CAF3	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C5F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB4F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49caf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 202, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.124 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90daf7',
    500: '#49caf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49caf3;
$custom-light: #90daf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49caf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.471,
    "s": 87.629,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78519,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CAF3

secondary

#B54D2B

accent

#3801E4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CAF3

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

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