#499BD2#499BD2

#499BD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.114 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BD2
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(204, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -7.90, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 36.36, 257.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% -0.0556 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.114 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0974, 29.5096, 65.2808)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BD2 #D28049

analogous

#49D2C5 #499BD2 #4956D2

triadic

#499BD2 #D2499B #9BD249

tetradic

#499BD2 #C549D2 #D28049 #56D249

square

#499BD2 #C549D2 #D28049 #56D249

split-complementary

#499BD2 #D24956 #D2C549

monochromatic

#205A81 #2C7CB2 #499BD2 #7AB6DE #ABD1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#499BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#499BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BD2

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BD2	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.114 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8e0',
    500: '#499bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bd2;
$custom-light: #89b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.088,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66195,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BD2

secondary

#D8B69F

accent

#8444E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BD2

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

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