#49CCE8#49CCE8

#49CCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.118 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49CCE8
RGBrgb(73, 204, 232)
HSLhsl(191, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(191, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.33, -26.74, -24.25)
CIE-LCHlch(76.33, 36.10, 222.20°)
OKLaboklab(78.54% -0.0969 -0.0675)
OKLCHoklch(78.54% 0.118 214.9)
XYZxyz(38.8999, 50.4240, 84.0110)
Luminance0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49CCE8 #E86549
analogous
#49E8B5 #49CCE8 #497DE8
triadic
#49CCE8 #E849CC #CCE849
tetradic
#49CCE8 #B549E8 #E86549 #7DE849
square
#49CCE8 #B549E8 #E86549 #7DE849
split-complementary
#49CCE8 #E8497D #E8B549
monochromatic
#1489A2 #1BB7D8 #49CCE8 #7FDBEF #B6EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89
#49CCE8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09
#49CCE8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CCE8
11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49CCE8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49CCE81.001.8911.0911.09
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0921.001.001.00
##00000011.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8C6EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2B5E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6D5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49cce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 204, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.118 214.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbef',
    500: '#49cce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49cce8;
$custom-light: #8fdbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49cce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.566,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78536,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49CCE8
secondary
#A44531
accent
#5634F4
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

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#49CCE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva