#499CEC#499CEC

#499CEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.144 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CEC
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 0.27, -47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 47.57, 270.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.049 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.144 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7708, 31.2463, 83.8028)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CEC #EC9949

analogous

#49ECEB #499CEC #494AEC

triadic

#499CEC #EC499C #9CEC49

tetradic

#499CEC #EB49EC #EC9949 #4AEC49

square

#499CEC #EB49EC #EC9949 #4AEC49

split-complementary

#499CEC #EC494A #ECEB49

monochromatic

#125FA9 #177EE0 #499CEC #80BAF2 #B8D8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#499CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#499CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499CEC

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CEC	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6191EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.144 250.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.448,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6776,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CEC

secondary

#E7C8A9

accent

#7108DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CEC

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

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