#499AD0#499AD0

#499AD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.113 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AD0
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 208)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 26%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -8.00, -34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 35.87, 257.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.0552 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.113 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6841, 29.0791, 63.9215)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AD0 #D07F49

analogous

#49D0C2 #499AD0 #4956D0

triadic

#499AD0 #D0499A #9AD049

tetradic

#499AD0 #C249D0 #D07F49 #56D049

square

#499AD0 #C249D0 #D07F49 #56D049

split-complementary

#499AD0 #D04956 #D0C249

monochromatic

#21597E #2D7BAF #499AD0 #7AB5DD #AAD0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#499AD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#499AD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AD0

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AD0	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.113 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7de',
    500: '#499ad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ad0;
$custom-light: #89b7de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65867,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AD0

secondary

#D7B59E

accent

#8446E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AD0

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

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