#499AD6#499AD6

#499AD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.119 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AD6
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 214)
HSL	hsl(206, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 28%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -6.01, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 38.37, 260.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0533 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.119 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4363, 29.3800, 67.8830)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AD6 #D68549

analogous

#49D6CC #499AD6 #4954D6

triadic

#499AD6 #D6499A #9AD649

tetradic

#499AD6 #CC49D6 #D68549 #54D649

square

#499AD6 #CC49D6 #D68549 #54D649

split-complementary

#499AD6 #D64954 #D6CC49

monochromatic

#1E5A86 #2A7CB8 #499AD6 #7BB6E1 #ADD1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#499AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AD6

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AD6	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.119 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7e3',
    500: '#499ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ad6;
$custom-light: #8ab7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66163,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AD6

secondary

#DAB9A0

accent

#8842E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AD6

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

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