#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
RGBrgb(73, 206, 233)
HSLhsl(190, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(190, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(76.94, -27.43, -23.85)
CIE-LCHlch(76.94, 36.35, 221.01°)
OKLaboklab(79.04% -0.0985 -0.0664)
OKLCHoklch(79.04% 0.119 214)
XYZxyz(39.5207, 51.4378, 84.9206)
Luminance0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##49CEE91.001.8611.2911.29
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2921.001.001.00
##00000011.2921.001.001.00

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

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#49CEE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva