#499BE7#499BE7

#499BE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.138 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BE7
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(209, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -0.86, -45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 45.65, 268.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0494 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.138 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8874, 30.6256, 79.9747)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BE7 #E79549

analogous

#49E7E4 #499BE7 #494CE7

triadic

#499BE7 #E7499B #9BE749

tetradic

#499BE7 #E449E7 #E79549 #4CE749

square

#499BE7 #E449E7 #E79549 #4CE749

split-complementary

#499BE7 #E7494C #E7E449

monochromatic

#155DA0 #1C7DD7 #499BE7 #7FB9EE #B5D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#499BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#499BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499BE7

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BE7	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6390E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.138 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8ef',
    500: '#499be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499be7;
$custom-light: #8cb8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.861,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67269,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BE7

secondary

#E5C5A7

accent

#9035F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BE7

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

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