#499AE3#499AE3

#499AE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.135 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AE3
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 227)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 32.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -1.64, -44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 44.21, 267.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0495 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.135 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1632, 30.0707, 76.9781)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AE3 #E39249

analogous

#49E3DF #499AE3 #494DE3

triadic

#499AE3 #E3499A #9AE349

tetradic

#499AE3 #DF49E3 #E39249 #4DE349

square

#499AE3 #DF49E3 #E39249 #4DE349

split-complementary

#499AE3 #E3494D #E3DF49

monochromatic

#185C9A #207CCF #499AE3 #7EB7EB #B3D5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#499AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#499AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499AE3

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AE3	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.135 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7ec',
    500: '#499ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ae3;
$custom-light: #8cb7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.442,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66833,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AE3

secondary

#E2C2A6

accent

#8F38F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AE3

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

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