#499AD9#499AD9

#499AD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.123 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#499AD9
RGBrgb(73, 154, 217)
HSLhsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 29%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(61.25, -5.01, -39.36)
CIE-LCHlch(61.25, 39.67, 262.74°)
OKLaboklab(66.31% -0.0524 -0.1111)
OKLCHoklch(66.31% 0.123 244.7)
XYZxyz(26.8229, 29.5346, 69.9193)
Luminance0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#499AD9 #D98849
analogous
#49D9D0 #499AD9 #4952D9
triadic
#499AD9 #D9499A #9AD949
tetradic
#499AD9 #D049D9 #D98849 #52D949
square
#499AD9 #D049D9 #D98849 #52D949
split-complementary
#499AD9 #D94952 #D9D049
monochromatic
#1D5B8B #287CBD #499AD9 #7CB6E4 #AED2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04
#499AD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91
#499AD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AD9
6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##499AD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##499AD91.003.046.916.91
#FFFFFF3.041.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9121.001.001.00
##0000006.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E9CDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6A8ED8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #499ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.123 244.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7e5',
    500: '#499ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #499ad9;
$custom-light: #8ab7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#499ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66314,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#499AD9
secondary
#DCBBA2
accent
#893FE8
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AD9

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#499AD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva