#499BD1#499BD1

#499BD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.113 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BD1
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 209)
HSL	hsl(204, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -8.23, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 35.96, 256.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% -0.056 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.113 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9732, 29.4599, 64.6268)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BD1 #D17F49

analogous

#49D1C3 #499BD1 #4957D1

triadic

#499BD1 #D1499B #9BD149

tetradic

#499BD1 #C349D1 #D17F49 #57D149

square

#499BD1 #C349D1 #D17F49 #57D149

split-complementary

#499BD1 #D14957 #D1C349

monochromatic

#205A7F #2D7CB0 #499BD1 #7AB6DD #ABD1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#499BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BD1

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BD1	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829BD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.113 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8df',
    500: '#499bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bd1;
$custom-light: #89b8df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.824,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66146,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BD1

secondary

#D7B59E

accent

#8445E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BD1

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

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