#499AD4#499AD4

#499AD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.117 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AD4
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -6.68, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 37.52, 259.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.054 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.117 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1824, 29.2784, 66.5461)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AD4 #D48349

analogous

#49D4C8 #499AD4 #4954D4

triadic

#499AD4 #D4499A #9AD449

tetradic

#499AD4 #C849D4 #D48349 #54D449

square

#499AD4 #C849D4 #D48349 #54D449

split-complementary

#499AD4 #D44954 #D4C849

monochromatic

#1F5A84 #2B7BB5 #499AD4 #7BB5E0 #ACD1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#499AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#499AD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AD4

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AD4	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.117 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7e1',
    500: '#499ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ad4;
$custom-light: #8ab7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.036,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66064,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AD4

secondary

#D9B8A0

accent

#8743E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AD4

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

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