#499AE6#499AE6

#499AE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.138 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AE6
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 33%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -0.62, -45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 45.62, 269.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0487 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.138 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5808, 30.2378, 79.1778)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499AE6 #E69549

analogous

#49E6E4 #499AE6 #494CE6

triadic

#499AE6 #E6499A #9AE649

tetradic

#499AE6 #E449E6 #E69549 #4CE649

square

#499AE6 #E449E6 #E69549 #4CE649

split-complementary

#499AE6 #E6494C #E6E449

monochromatic

#165C9F #1D7CD5 #499AE6 #7FB8ED #B5D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#499AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#499AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499AE6

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AE6	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.138 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7ee',
    500: '#499ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ae6;
$custom-light: #8cb7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.045,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66993,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AE6

secondary

#E4C4A7

accent

#9135F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AE6

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

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