#499BE5#499BE5

#499BE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.136 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BE5
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 229)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 32.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, -1.54, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 44.71, 268.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0499 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.136 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6066, 30.5133, 78.4956)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499BE5 #E59349

analogous

#49E5E1 #499BE5 #494DE5

triadic

#499BE5 #E5499B #9BE549

tetradic

#499BE5 #E149E5 #E59349 #4DE549

square

#499BE5 #E149E5 #E59349 #4DE549

split-complementary

#499BE5 #E5494D #E5E149

monochromatic

#165D9D #1E7DD3 #499BE5 #7FB8ED #B4D6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#499BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#499BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499BE5

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BE5	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.136 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8ed',
    500: '#499be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499be5;
$custom-light: #8cb8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.462,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67162,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BE5

secondary

#E3C3A6

accent

#8F36F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BE5

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

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