#499BD7#499BD7

#499BD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.120 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BD7
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 215)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 27.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, -6.25, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 38.44, 260.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.054 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.12 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7301, 29.7627, 68.6129)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BD7 #D78549

analogous

#49D7CC #499BD7 #4954D7

triadic

#499BD7 #D7499B #9BD749

tetradic

#499BD7 #CC49D7 #D78549 #54D749

square

#499BD7 #CC49D7 #D78549 #54D749

split-complementary

#499BD7 #D74954 #D7CC49

monochromatic

#1E5B88 #297DBA #499BD7 #7BB7E2 #ADD2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#499BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#499BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BD7

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BD7	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.120 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e3',
    500: '#499bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bd7;
$custom-light: #8ab8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.352,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66441,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BD7

secondary

#DBB9A1

accent

#8741E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BD7

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

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