#49c5ef

Color #49c5ef

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 11.67 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#49c5ef

RGB

rgb(73, 197, 239)

HSL

hsl(195.2, 83.8%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.2, 69.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(74.56, -21.06, -30.73)

LCH

lch(74.56, 37.25, 235.58)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.1227, 224.5)

HWB

hwb(195.2, 28.6%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ef7349

Analogous

#49efc6

#49c5ef

#4972ef

Triadic

#49c5ef

#ef49c5

#c5ef49

Split-complementary

#49c5ef

#ef4972

#efc649

Tetradic

#49c5ef

#7349ef

#ef7349

#c5ef49

Square

#49c5ef

#c649ef

#ef7349

#72ef49

Shades

Color #49c5ef mixed toward black.

#19b6eb

#1193bf

#0d6e8f

#084a60

#042530

Tints

Color #49c5ef mixed toward white.

#67cff2

#86d8f4

#a4e2f7

#c2ecfa

#e1f5fc

Tones

Color #49c5ef mixed toward gray.

#57bee1

#65b7d3

#73b1c6

#80aab8

#8ea3aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9091e6 · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#8980e3 · ΔE 29.1

Tritanopia

#55dedc · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #49c5ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#49c5ef]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#49c5ef (#49c5ef) is rgb(73, 197, 239) in RGB.

No, #49c5ef is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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