#499BE3#499BE3

#499BE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.134 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BE3
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 227)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -2.22, -43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 43.79, 267.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.0505 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.134 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3289, 30.4022, 77.0334)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BE3 #E39149

analogous

#49E3DE #499BE3 #494EE3

triadic

#499BE3 #E3499B #9BE349

tetradic

#499BE3 #DE49E3 #E39149 #4EE349

square

#499BE3 #DE49E3 #E39149 #4EE349

split-complementary

#499BE3 #E3494E #E3DE49

monochromatic

#185D9A #207DCF #499BE3 #7EB8EB #B3D5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#499BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#499BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499BE3

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BE3	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.134 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8ec',
    500: '#499be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499be3;
$custom-light: #8cb8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.052,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67057,
    "c": 0.13371,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BE3

secondary

#E2C2A6

accent

#8E38F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BE3

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

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