#499AD8#499AD8

#499AD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.122 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AD8
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 28.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -5.35, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 39.24, 262.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0527 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.122 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6932, 29.4828, 69.2364)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AD8 #D88749

analogous

#49D8CF #499AD8 #4953D8

triadic

#499AD8 #D8499A #9AD849

tetradic

#499AD8 #CF49D8 #D88749 #53D849

square

#499AD8 #CF49D8 #D88749 #53D849

split-complementary

#499AD8 #D84953 #D8CF49

monochromatic

#1D5A89 #287CBC #499AD8 #7BB6E3 #AED2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#499AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#499AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AD8

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AD8	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.122 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7e4',
    500: '#499ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ad8;
$custom-light: #8ab7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.014,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66264,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AD8

secondary

#DCBBA1

accent

#8940E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AD8

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

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