#499ADE#499ADE

#499ADE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.129 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ADE
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(207, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -3.33, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 41.91, 265.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0509 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.129 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4831, 29.7987, 73.3964)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499ADE #DE8D49

analogous

#49DED8 #499ADE #494FDE

triadic

#499ADE #DE499A #9ADE49

tetradic

#499ADE #D849DE #DE8D49 #4FDE49

square

#499ADE #D849DE #DE8D49 #4FDE49

split-complementary

#499ADE #DE494F #DED849

monochromatic

#1A5C92 #247CC6 #499ADE #7DB7E7 #B1D3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#499ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#499ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499ADE

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ADE	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.129 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7e8',
    500: '#499ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ade;
$custom-light: #8bb7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.383,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66571,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ADE

secondary

#DFBFA4

accent

#8C3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ADE

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

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