#499EE3#499EE3

#499EE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.131 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#499EE3
RGBrgb(73, 158, 227)
HSLhsl(207, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(207, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(62.85, -3.93, -42.38)
CIE-LCHlch(62.85, 42.57, 264.71°)
OKLaboklab(67.73% -0.0534 -0.1199)
OKLCHoklch(67.73% 0.131 246)
XYZxyz(28.8344, 31.4132, 77.2019)
Luminance0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#499EE3 #E38E49
analogous
#49E3DB #499EE3 #4951E3
triadic
#499EE3 #E3499E #9EE349
tetradic
#499EE3 #DB49E3 #E38E49 #51E349
square
#499EE3 #DB49E3 #E38E49 #51E349
split-complementary
#499EE3 #E34951 #E3DB49
monochromatic
#18609A #2080CF #499EE3 #7EBAEB #B3D7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88
#499EE3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28
#499EE3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499EE3
7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##499EE3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##499EE31.002.887.287.28
#FFFFFF2.881.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2821.001.001.00
##0000007.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7FA0E6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6A91E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AFB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #499ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.131 246.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbaec',
    500: '#499ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #499ee3;
$custom-light: #8cbaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#499ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.883,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6773,
    "c": 0.13122,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.31416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#499EE3
secondary
#E2C1A6
accent
#8A38F0
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EE3

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#499EE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva