#499BE4#499BE4

#499BE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.135 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BE4
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 228)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, -1.88, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 44.25, 267.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0502 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.135 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4673, 30.4576, 77.7624)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499BE4 #E49249

analogous

#49E4E0 #499BE4 #494EE4

triadic

#499BE4 #E4499B #9BE449

tetradic

#499BE4 #E049E4 #E49249 #4EE449

square

#499BE4 #E049E4 #E49249 #4EE449

split-complementary

#499BE4 #E4494E #E4E049

monochromatic

#175D9C #1F7DD1 #499BE4 #7EB8EC #B4D6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#499BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#499BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499BE4

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BE4	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.135 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8ed',
    500: '#499be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499be4;
$custom-light: #8cb8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.258,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67109,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BE4

secondary

#E3C3A6

accent

#8F37F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BE4

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

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