#499BD8#499BD8

#499BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.121 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BD8
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 28.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -5.91, -38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 38.87, 261.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0537 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.121 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8590, 29.8142, 69.2917)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499BD8 #D88649

analogous

#49D8CD #499BD8 #4954D8

triadic

#499BD8 #D8499B #9BD849

tetradic

#499BD8 #CD49D8 #D88649 #54D849

square

#499BD8 #CD49D8 #D88649 #54D849

split-complementary

#499BD8 #D84954 #D8CD49

monochromatic

#1D5B89 #287DBC #499BD8 #7BB7E3 #AED2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#499BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#499BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BD8

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BD8	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.121 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e4',
    500: '#499bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bd8;
$custom-light: #8ab8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.594,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66491,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BD8

secondary

#DCBAA1

accent

#8840E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BD8

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

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