#499DE2#499DE2

#499DE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.131 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DE2
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 226)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 30.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -3.70, -42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 42.51, 265.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0527 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.131 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5269, 31.0184, 76.4205)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DE2 #E28E49

analogous

#49E2DB #499DE2 #4950E2

triadic

#499DE2 #E2499D #9DE249

tetradic

#499DE2 #DB49E2 #E28E49 #50E249

square

#499DE2 #DB49E2 #E28E49 #50E249

split-complementary

#499DE2 #E24950 #E2DB49

monochromatic

#185F98 #217FCD #499DE2 #7EB9EA #B3D6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#499DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#499DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DE2

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DE2	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6991E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.131 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9eb',
    500: '#499de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499de2;
$custom-light: #8cb9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.059,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67453,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DE2

secondary

#E2C0A5

accent

#8B39EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DE2

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

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