#499BDE#499BDE

#499BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.128 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BDE
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 222)
HSL	hsl(207, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 30.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -3.90, -41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 41.51, 264.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0519 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.128 246)
XYZ	xyz(27.6488, 30.1302, 73.4517)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BDE #DE8C49

analogous

#49DED6 #499BDE #4950DE

triadic

#499BDE #DE499B #9BDE49

tetradic

#499BDE #D649DE #DE8C49 #50DE49

square

#499BDE #D649DE #DE8C49 #50DE49

split-complementary

#499BDE #DE4950 #DED649

monochromatic

#1A5C92 #247DC6 #499BDE #7DB7E7 #B1D4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#499BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#499BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499BDE

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BDE	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.128 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8e8',
    500: '#499bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bde;
$custom-light: #8bb8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.98,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66796,
    "c": 0.12783,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.30133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BDE

secondary

#DFBEA4

accent

#8B3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BDE

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

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