#499CE6#499CE6

#499CE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.136 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CE6
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 32.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -1.77, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 44.75, 267.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0506 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.136 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9137, 30.9035, 79.2887)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CE6 #E69349

analogous

#49E6E1 #499CE6 #494EE6

triadic

#499CE6 #E6499C #9CE649

tetradic

#499CE6 #E149E6 #E69349 #4EE649

square

#499CE6 #E149E6 #E69349 #4EE649

split-complementary

#499CE6 #E6494E #E6E149

monochromatic

#165E9F #1D7ED5 #499CE6 #7FB9ED #B5D7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#499CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#499CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499CE6

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CE6	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)

#7B9FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6590E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.136 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8ee',
    500: '#499ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ce6;
$custom-light: #8cb8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.28,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67439,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CE6

secondary

#E4C4A7

accent

#8E35F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CE6

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

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