#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
RGBrgb(73, 155, 215)
HSLhsl(205, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(205, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 27.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(61.45, -6.25, -37.93)
CIE-LCHlch(61.45, 38.44, 260.65°)
OKLaboklab(66.44% -0.054 -0.107)
OKLCHoklch(66.44% 0.12 243.2)
XYZxyz(26.7301, 29.7627, 68.6129)
Luminance0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##499BD71.003.026.956.95
#FFFFFF3.021.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9521.001.001.00
##0000006.9521.001.001.00

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

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#499BD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva