#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
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, -0.52, -46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 46.12, 269.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0491 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.14 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0290, 30.6823, 80.7207)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##499BE8	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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