#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
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 214)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -6.58, -37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 38.02, 260.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0544 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.119 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6020, 29.7114, 67.9382)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##499BD6	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #499BD6

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

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