#49CBE8#49CBE8

#49CBE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.118 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBE8
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -26.25, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 36.04, 223.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0959 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.118 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6630, 49.9501, 83.9320)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBE8 #E86649

analogous

#49E8B5 #49CBE8 #497CE8

triadic

#49CBE8 #E849CB #CBE849

tetradic

#49CBE8 #B549E8 #E86649 #7CE849

square

#49CBE8 #B549E8 #E86649 #7CE849

split-complementary

#49CBE8 #E8497C #E8B549

monochromatic

#1488A2 #1BB6D8 #49CBE8 #7FDBEF #B6EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#49CBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#49CBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBE8

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBE8	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.118 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbef',
    500: '#49cbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbe8;
$custom-light: #8fdbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.943,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78303,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBE8

secondary

#E5B3A8

accent

#5734F4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBE8

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

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