#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
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, -5.58, -38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 39.30, 261.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0534 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.122 244)
XYZ	xyz(26.9886, 29.8661, 69.9746)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##499BD9	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #499BD9

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

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