#499EDC#499EDC

#499EDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.123 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EDC
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 28.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -6.27, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 39.51, 260.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0555 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.123 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8879, 31.0346, 72.2168)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EDC #DC8749

analogous

#49DCD0 #499EDC #4955DC

triadic

#499EDC #DC499E #9EDC49

tetradic

#499EDC #D049DC #DC8749 #55DC49

square

#499EDC #D049DC #DC8749 #55DC49

split-complementary

#499EDC #DC4955 #DCD049

monochromatic

#1C5E8F #2580C2 #499EDC #7CB9E6 #B0D5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#499EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#499EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499EDC

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EDC	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E91DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.123 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbae7',
    500: '#499edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499edc;
$custom-light: #8bbae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.306,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67374,
    "c": 0.12327,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EDC

secondary

#DEBCA3

accent

#863DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EDC

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

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