#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
RGB	rgb(73, 204, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -26.74, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 36.10, 222.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0969 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.118 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8999, 50.4240, 84.0110)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##49CCE8	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49CCE8

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

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