#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
RGBrgb(73, 158, 230)
HSLhsl(208, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(208, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 31.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(62.99, -2.91, -43.82)
CIE-LCHlch(62.99, 43.92, 266.20°)
OKLaboklab(67.89% -0.0525 -0.124)
OKLCHoklch(67.89% 0.135 247)
XYZxyz(29.2521, 31.5802, 79.4015)
Luminance0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##499EE61.002.877.327.32
#FFFFFF2.871.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3221.001.001.00
##0000007.3221.001.001.00

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

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#499EE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva