#499EC7#499EC7

#499EC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.102 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EC7
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 199)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -13.14, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 31.56, 245.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.0625 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.102 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2793, 29.9911, 58.4784)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EC7 #C77249

analogous

#49C7B1 #499EC7 #495FC7

triadic

#499EC7 #C7499E #9EC749

tetradic

#499EC7 #B149C7 #C77249 #5FC749

square

#499EC7 #B149C7 #C77249 #5FC749

split-complementary

#499EC7 #C7495F #C7B149

monochromatic

#235972 #327DA1 #499EC7 #78B7D5 #A7D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#499EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#499EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499EC7

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EC7	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.102 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad8',
    500: '#499ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ec7;
$custom-light: #88bad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.524,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66375,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EC7

secondary

#D1AC9B

accent

#7B4BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EC7

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

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