#499BD3#499BD3

#499BD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.115 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BD3
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 211)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 26.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -7.57, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 36.77, 258.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0553 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.115 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2224, 29.5596, 65.9390)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BD3 #D38149

analogous

#49D3C6 #499BD3 #4956D3

triadic

#499BD3 #D3499B #9BD349

tetradic

#499BD3 #C649D3 #D38149 #56D349

square

#499BD3 #C649D3 #D38149 #56D349

split-complementary

#499BD3 #D34956 #D3C649

monochromatic

#1F5A82 #2B7CB3 #499BD3 #7AB6DF #ACD1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#499BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#499BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BD3

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BD3	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)

#829BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.115 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8e0',
    500: '#499bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bd3;
$custom-light: #89b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66244,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BD3

secondary

#D9B69F

accent

#8544E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BD3

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

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