#499EEC#499EEC

#499EEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.142 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EEC
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 33.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -0.88, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 46.69, 268.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0509 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.142 249)
XYZ	xyz(30.1092, 31.9231, 83.9156)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EEC #EC9749

analogous

#49ECE9 #499EEC #494CEC

triadic

#499EEC #EC499E #9EEC49

tetradic

#499EEC #E949EC #EC9749 #4CEC49

square

#499EEC #E949EC #EC9749 #4CEC49

split-complementary

#499EEC #EC494C #ECE949

monochromatic

#1261A9 #1780E0 #499EEC #80BCF2 #B8D9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#499EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#499EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499EEC

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EEC	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6492EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.142 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbaf2',
    500: '#499eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499eec;
$custom-light: #8dbaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.712,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68203,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.31926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EEC

secondary

#E7C7A9

accent

#6E08DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EEC

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

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