#499BD4#499BD4

#499BD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.117 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BD4
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 26.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -7.24, -36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 37.18, 258.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.055 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.117 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3481, 29.6099, 66.6013)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BD4 #D48249

analogous

#49D4C7 #499BD4 #4955D4

triadic

#499BD4 #D4499B #9BD449

tetradic

#499BD4 #C749D4 #D48249 #55D449

square

#499BD4 #C749D4 #D48249 #55D449

split-complementary

#499BD4 #D44955 #D4C749

monochromatic

#1F5A84 #2B7CB5 #499BD4 #7BB6E0 #ACD1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#499BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#499BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BD4

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BD4	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.117 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e1',
    500: '#499bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bd4;
$custom-light: #8ab8e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.604,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66293,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BD4

secondary

#D9B7A0

accent

#8543E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BD4

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

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