#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
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 227)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -3.93, -42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 42.57, 264.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0534 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.131 246)
XYZ	xyz(28.8344, 31.4132, 77.2019)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##499EE3	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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