#499BD0#499BD0

#499BD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.112 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BD0
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 208)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 25.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -8.56, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 35.56, 256.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0563 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.112 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8498, 29.4106, 63.9768)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499BD0 #D07E49

analogous

#49D0C2 #499BD0 #4957D0

triadic

#499BD0 #D0499B #9BD049

tetradic

#499BD0 #C249D0 #D07E49 #57D049

square

#499BD0 #C249D0 #D07E49 #57D049

split-complementary

#499BD0 #D04957 #D0C249

monochromatic

#21597E #2D7CAF #499BD0 #7AB6DD #AAD0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499BD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#499BD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BD0

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BD0	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.112 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8de',
    500: '#499bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bd0;
$custom-light: #89b8de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.556,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66098,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BD0

secondary

#D7B49E

accent

#8346E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BD0

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

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