#499BD6#499BD6

#499BD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.119 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#499BD6
RGBrgb(73, 155, 214)
HSLhsl(205, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(205, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(61.40, -6.58, -37.45)
CIE-LCHlch(61.40, 38.02, 260.04°)
OKLaboklab(66.39% -0.0544 -0.1055)
OKLCHoklch(66.39% 0.119 242.8)
XYZxyz(26.6020, 29.7114, 67.9382)
Luminance0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#499BD6 #D68449
analogous
#49D6CA #499BD6 #4955D6
triadic
#499BD6 #D6499B #9BD649
tetradic
#499BD6 #CA49D6 #D68449 #55D649
square
#499BD6 #CA49D6 #D68449 #55D649
split-complementary
#499BD6 #D64955 #D6CA49
monochromatic
#1E5B86 #2A7DB8 #499BD6 #7BB6E1 #ADD2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02
#499BD6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94
#499BD6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BD6
6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##499BD6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##499BD61.003.026.946.94
#FFFFFF3.021.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9421.001.001.00
##0000006.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#809CD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D8ED5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #499bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.119 242.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e3',
    500: '#499bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #499bd6;
$custom-light: #8ab8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#499bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.106,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66391,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#499BD6
secondary
#DAB9A0
accent
#8642E6
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8083

Preview Lab

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#499BD6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva