#499BEC#499BEC

#499BEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.145 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BEC
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(210, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(210, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, 0.85, -48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 48.02, 271.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.048 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.145 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6037, 30.9121, 83.7471)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BEC #EC9A49

analogous

#49ECEC #499BEC #4949EC

triadic

#499BEC #EC499B #9BEC49

tetradic

#499BEC #EC49EC #EC9A49 #49EC49

square

#499BEC #EC49EC #EC9A49 #49EC49

split-complementary

#499BEC #EC4949 #ECEC49

monochromatic

#125EA9 #177DE0 #499BEC #80B9F2 #B8D8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#499BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#499BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499BEC

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BEC	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779FEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F90EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.145 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db8f2',
    500: '#499bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bec;
$custom-light: #8db8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.816,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67539,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BEC

secondary

#E7C8A9

accent

#7208DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BEC

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

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