#499DE6#499DE6

#499DE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.136 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DE6
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -2.34, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 44.33, 266.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0516 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.136 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0822, 31.2405, 79.3449)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DE6 #E69249

analogous

#49E6E0 #499DE6 #494FE6

triadic

#499DE6 #E6499D #9DE649

tetradic

#499DE6 #E049E6 #E69249 #4FE649

square

#499DE6 #E049E6 #E69249 #4FE649

split-complementary

#499DE6 #E6494F #E6E049

monochromatic

#165F9F #1D7FD5 #499DE6 #7FBAED #B5D7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#499DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#499DE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DE6

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DE6	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)

#7CA0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6791E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.136 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9ee',
    500: '#499de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499de6;
$custom-light: #8cb9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.898,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67662,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DE6

secondary

#E4C3A7

accent

#8D35F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DE6

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

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