#499AE8#499AE8

#499AE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.141 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AE8
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 33.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 0.06, -46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 46.56, 270.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0481 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.141 250)
XYZ	xyz(28.8633, 30.3508, 80.6654)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499AE8 #E89749

analogous

#49E8E7 #499AE8 #494BE8

triadic

#499AE8 #E8499A #9AE849

tetradic

#499AE8 #E749E8 #E89749 #4BE849

square

#499AE8 #E749E8 #E89749 #4BE849

split-complementary

#499AE8 #E8494B #E8E749

monochromatic

#145DA2 #1B7CD8 #499AE8 #7FB8EF #B6D6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#499AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#499AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499AE8

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AE8	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.141 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db7ef',
    500: '#499ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ae8;
$custom-light: #8db7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.434,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.671,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.30354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AE8

secondary

#E5C6A8

accent

#9234F4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AE8

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

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