#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
RGBrgb(73, 154, 232)
HSLhsl(209, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(209, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 33.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(61.96, 0.06, -46.56)
CIE-LCHlch(61.96, 46.56, 270.08°)
OKLaboklab(67.1% -0.0481 -0.1321)
OKLCHoklch(67.1% 0.141 250)
XYZxyz(28.8633, 30.3508, 80.6654)
Luminance0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##499AE81.002.977.077.07
#FFFFFF2.971.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0721.001.001.00
##0000007.0721.001.001.00

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

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#499AE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva