#499BE8#499BE8

#499BE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.140 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#499BE8
RGBrgb(73, 155, 232)
HSLhsl(209, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(209, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(62.24, -0.52, -46.12)
CIE-LCHlch(62.24, 46.12, 269.36°)
OKLaboklab(67.32% -0.0491 -0.1308)
OKLCHoklch(67.32% 0.14 249.4)
XYZxyz(29.0290, 30.6823, 80.7207)
Luminance0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#499BE8 #E89649
analogous
#49E8E6 #499BE8 #494BE8
triadic
#499BE8 #E8499B #9BE849
tetradic
#499BE8 #E649E8 #E89649 #4BE849
square
#499BE8 #E649E8 #E89649 #4BE849
split-complementary
#499BE8 #E8494B #E8E649
monochromatic
#145EA2 #1B7DD8 #499BE8 #7FB9EF #B6D7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94
#499BE8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14
#499BE8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499BE8
7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##499BE8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##499BE81.002.947.147.14
#FFFFFF2.941.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1421.001.001.00
##0000007.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#799FEB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6290E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ADB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #499be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.140 249.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db8ef',
    500: '#499be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #499be8;
$custom-light: #8db8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#499be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.057,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67322,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#499BE8
secondary
#E5C5A8
accent
#9134F4
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BE8

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#499BE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva