#49CEEC#49CEEC

#49CEEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.120 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CEEC
RGB	rgb(73, 206, 236)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -26.52, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 36.65, 223.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0973 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.12 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9529, 51.6106, 87.1968)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CEEC #EC6749

analogous

#49ECB8 #49CEEC #497CEC

triadic

#49CEEC #EC49CE #CEEC49

tetradic

#49CEEC #B849EC #EC6749 #7CEC49

square

#49CEEC #B849EC #EC6749 #7CEC49

split-complementary

#49CEEC #EC497C #ECB849

monochromatic

#128DA9 #17BBE0 #49CEEC #80DDF2 #B8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#49CEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#49CEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CEEC

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CEEC	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ceec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 206, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.120 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddf2',
    500: '#49ceec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ceec;
$custom-light: #90ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ceec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.043,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7916,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CEEC

secondary

#AA462F

accent

#2F08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CEEC

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

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