#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
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 29%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -5.01, -39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 39.67, 262.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0524 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.123 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8229, 29.5346, 69.9193)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##499AD9	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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