#499EE6#499EE6

#499EE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.135 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EE6
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 31.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -2.91, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 43.92, 266.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0525 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.135 247)
XYZ	xyz(29.2521, 31.5802, 79.4015)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EE6 #E69149

analogous

#49E6DF #499EE6 #4950E6

triadic

#499EE6 #E6499E #9EE649

tetradic

#499EE6 #DF49E6 #E69149 #50E649

square

#499EE6 #DF49E6 #E69149 #50E649

split-complementary

#499EE6 #E64950 #E6DF49

monochromatic

#16609F #1D80D5 #499EE6 #7FBBED #B5D7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#499EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#499EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499EE6

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EE6	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6892E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.135 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbaee',
    500: '#499ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ee6;
$custom-light: #8cbaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.516,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67886,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.31583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EE6

secondary

#E4C3A7

accent

#8C35F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EE6

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

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