#499DE3#499DE3

#499DE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.132 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DE3
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 227)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 30.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, -3.36, -42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 42.96, 265.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0524 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.132 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6645, 31.0734, 77.1453)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DE3 #E38F49

analogous

#49E3DC #499DE3 #4950E3

triadic

#499DE3 #E3499D #9DE349

tetradic

#499DE3 #DC49E3 #E38F49 #50E349

square

#499DE3 #DC49E3 #E38F49 #50E349

split-complementary

#499DE3 #E34950 #E3DC49

monochromatic

#185F9A #207FCF #499DE3 #7EBAEB #B3D6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#499DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#499DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DE3

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DE3	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6891E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.132 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9ec',
    500: '#499de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499de3;
$custom-light: #8cb9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67505,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DE3

secondary

#E2C1A6

accent

#8C38F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DE3

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

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