#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
RGBrgb(73, 155, 230)
HSLhsl(209, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(209, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(62.14, -1.20, -45.16)
CIE-LCHlch(62.14, 45.18, 268.48°)
OKLaboklab(67.22% -0.0496 -0.128)
OKLCHoklch(67.22% 0.137 248.8)
XYZxyz(28.7466, 30.5693, 79.2330)
Luminance0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##499BE61.002.957.117.11
#FFFFFF2.951.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1121.001.001.00
##0000007.1121.001.001.00

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

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#499BE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva