#499AD7#499AD7

#499AD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.121 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AD7
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 215)
HSL	hsl(206, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 28.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -5.68, -38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 38.80, 261.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.053 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.121 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5644, 29.4312, 68.5576)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AD7 #D78649

analogous

#49D7CD #499AD7 #4953D7

triadic

#499AD7 #D7499A #9AD749

tetradic

#499AD7 #CD49D7 #D78649 #53D749

square

#499AD7 #CD49D7 #D78649 #53D749

split-complementary

#499AD7 #D74953 #D7CD49

monochromatic

#1E5A88 #297CBA #499AD7 #7BB6E2 #ADD2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499AD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#499AD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AD7

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AD7	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.121 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7e3',
    500: '#499ad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ad7;
$custom-light: #8ab7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.775,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66213,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AD7

secondary

#DBBAA1

accent

#8841E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AD7

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

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