#499EC8#499EC8

#499EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.103 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EC8
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -12.82, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 31.88, 246.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0621 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.103 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3958, 30.0377, 59.0919)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EC8 #C87349

analogous

#49C8B2 #499EC8 #495EC8

triadic

#499EC8 #C8499E #9EC849

tetradic

#499EC8 #B249C8 #C87349 #5EC849

square

#499EC8 #B249C8 #C87349 #5EC849

split-complementary

#499EC8 #C8495E #C8B249

monochromatic

#235974 #317DA3 #499EC8 #78B7D6 #A7D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#499EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#499EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499EC8

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EC8	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.103 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad8',
    500: '#499ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ec8;
$custom-light: #88bad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.843,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6642,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EC8

secondary

#D2AD9B

accent

#7B4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EC8

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

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