#499BCD#499BCD

#499BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.109 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BCD
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -9.54, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 34.38, 253.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% -0.0573 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.109 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4842, 29.2643, 62.0513)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BCD #CD7B49

analogous

#49CDBD #499BCD #4959CD

triadic

#499BCD #CD499B #9BCD49

tetradic

#499BCD #BD49CD #CD7B49 #59CD49

square

#499BCD #BD49CD #CD7B49 #59CD49

split-complementary

#499BCD #CD4959 #CDBD49

monochromatic

#22597A #2F7BAA #499BCD #79B5DA #A9D0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#499BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#499BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BCD

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BCD	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.109 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8dc',
    500: '#499bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bcd;
$custom-light: #89b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65954,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BCD

secondary

#D5B29D

accent

#8148E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BCD

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

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