#499BE6#499BE6

#499BE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.137 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BE6
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, -1.20, -45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 45.18, 268.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0496 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.137 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7466, 30.5693, 79.2330)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499BE6 #E69449

analogous

#49E6E2 #499BE6 #494DE6

triadic

#499BE6 #E6499B #9BE649

tetradic

#499BE6 #E249E6 #E69449 #4DE649

square

#499BE6 #E249E6 #E69449 #4DE649

split-complementary

#499BE6 #E6494D #E6E249

monochromatic

#165D9F #1D7DD5 #499BE6 #7FB9ED #B5D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#499BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#499BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499BE6

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BE6	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.137 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8ee',
    500: '#499be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499be6;
$custom-light: #8cb8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.662,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67215,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BE6

secondary

#E4C4A7

accent

#9035F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BE6

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

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