#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
RGBrgb(73, 154, 216)
HSLhsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 28.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.21, -5.35, -38.87)
CIE-LCHlch(61.21, 39.24, 262.17°)
OKLaboklab(66.26% -0.0527 -0.1097)
OKLCHoklch(66.26% 0.122 244.3)
XYZxyz(26.6932, 29.4828, 69.2364)
Luminance0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##499AD81.003.046.906.90
#FFFFFF3.041.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9021.001.001.00
##0000006.9021.001.001.00

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

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#499AD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva