#499AE2#499AE2

#499AE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.133 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AE2
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 226)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 31.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, -1.98, -43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 43.74, 267.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.0498 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.133 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0256, 30.0157, 76.2534)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499AE2 #E29149

analogous

#49E2DD #499AE2 #494DE2

triadic

#499AE2 #E2499A #9AE249

tetradic

#499AE2 #DD49E2 #E29149 #4DE249

square

#499AE2 #DD49E2 #E29149 #4DE249

split-complementary

#499AE2 #E2494D #E2DD49

monochromatic

#185C98 #217CCD #499AE2 #7EB7EA #B3D5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#499AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#499AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499AE2

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AE2	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.133 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7eb',
    500: '#499ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ae2;
$custom-light: #8cb7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6678,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AE2

secondary

#E2C2A5

accent

#8F39EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AE2

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

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