#499BD9#499BD9

#499BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.122 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#499BD9
RGBrgb(73, 155, 217)
HSLhsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(61.54, -5.58, -38.91)
CIE-LCHlch(61.54, 39.30, 261.84°)
OKLaboklab(66.54% -0.0534 -0.1098)
OKLCHoklch(66.54% 0.122 244)
XYZxyz(26.9886, 29.8661, 69.9746)
Luminance0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#499BD9 #D98749
analogous
#49D9CF #499BD9 #4953D9
triadic
#499BD9 #D9499B #9BD949
tetradic
#499BD9 #CF49D9 #D98749 #53D949
square
#499BD9 #CF49D9 #D98749 #53D949
split-complementary
#499BD9 #D94953 #D9CF49
monochromatic
#1D5B8B #287DBD #499BD9 #7CB7E4 #AED3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01
#499BD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97
#499BD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BD9
6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##499BD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##499BD91.003.016.976.97
#FFFFFF3.011.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9721.001.001.00
##0000006.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F9CDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6B8ED8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AAB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #499bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.122 244.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e5',
    500: '#499bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #499bd9;
$custom-light: #8ab8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#499bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.833,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66542,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.29869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#499BD9
secondary
#DCBBA2
accent
#883FE8
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#499BD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva