#499BD5#499BD5

#499BD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.118 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BD5
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -6.91, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 37.60, 259.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% -0.0547 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.118 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4747, 29.6605, 67.2677)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BD5 #D58349

analogous

#49D5C9 #499BD5 #4955D5

triadic

#499BD5 #D5499B #9BD549

tetradic

#499BD5 #C949D5 #D58349 #55D549

square

#499BD5 #C949D5 #D58349 #55D549

split-complementary

#499BD5 #D54955 #D5C949

monochromatic

#1F5B85 #2A7CB7 #499BD5 #7BB6E0 #ACD2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#499BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#499BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BD5

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BD5	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.118 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e2',
    500: '#499bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bd5;
$custom-light: #8ab8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66342,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BD5

secondary

#DAB8A0

accent

#8642E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BD5

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

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