#499AD5#499AD5

#499AD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.118 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AD5
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 27.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -6.35, -37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 37.95, 260.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% -0.0537 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.118 243)
XYZ	xyz(26.3089, 29.3290, 67.2125)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AD5 #D58449

analogous

#49D5CA #499AD5 #4954D5

triadic

#499AD5 #D5499A #9AD549

tetradic

#499AD5 #CA49D5 #D58449 #54D549

square

#499AD5 #CA49D5 #D58449 #54D549

split-complementary

#499AD5 #D54954 #D5CA49

monochromatic

#1F5A85 #2A7BB7 #499AD5 #7BB6E0 #ACD1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#499AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#499AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AD5

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AD5	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.118 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7e2',
    500: '#499ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ad5;
$custom-light: #8ab7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66113,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.29332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AD5

secondary

#DAB8A0

accent

#8742E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AD5

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

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