#499AD3#499AD3

#499AD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.116 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AD3
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 211)
HSL	hsl(205, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 27%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -7.01, -36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 37.10, 259.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.0543 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.116 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0567, 29.2281, 65.8838)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AD3 #D38249

analogous

#49D3C7 #499AD3 #4955D3

triadic

#499AD3 #D3499A #9AD349

tetradic

#499AD3 #C749D3 #D38249 #55D349

square

#499AD3 #C749D3 #D38249 #55D349

split-complementary

#499AD3 #D34955 #D3C749

monochromatic

#1F5982 #2B7BB3 #499AD3 #7AB5DF #ACD1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#499AD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#499AD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AD3

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AD3	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.116 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7e0',
    500: '#499ad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ad3;
$custom-light: #89b7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66014,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AD3

secondary

#D9B79F

accent

#8644E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AD3

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

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