#49CEE9#49CEE9

#49CEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.119 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CEE9
RGB	rgb(73, 206, 233)
HSL	hsl(190, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -27.43, -23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 36.35, 221.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0985 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.119 214)
XYZ	xyz(39.5207, 51.4378, 84.9206)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CEE9 #E96449

analogous

#49E9B4 #49CEE9 #497EE9

triadic

#49CEE9 #E949CE #CEE949

tetradic

#49CEE9 #B449E9 #E96449 #7EE949

square

#49CEE9 #B449E9 #E96449 #7EE949

split-complementary

#49CEE9 #E9497E #E9B449

monochromatic

#148BA4 #1ABADA #49CEE9 #80DDF0 #B6EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#49CEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#49CEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CEE9

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CEE9	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 206, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.119 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddf0',
    500: '#49cee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cee9;
$custom-light: #8fddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.125,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79042,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.51442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CEE9

secondary

#A64430

accent

#5433F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CEE9

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

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