#499BDA#499BDA

#499BDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.123 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BDA
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -5.25, -39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 39.74, 262.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0531 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.123 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1191, 29.9183, 70.6617)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BDA #DA8849

analogous

#49DAD1 #499BDA #4953DA

triadic

#499BDA #DA499B #9BDA49

tetradic

#499BDA #D149DA #DA8849 #53DA49

square

#499BDA #D149DA #DA8849 #53DA49

split-complementary

#499BDA #DA4953 #DAD149

monochromatic

#1C5C8C #277DBF #499BDA #7CB7E4 #AFD3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#499BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#499BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BDA

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BDA	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.123 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e5',
    500: '#499bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bda;
$custom-light: #8ab8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.069,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66592,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BDA

secondary

#DDBCA2

accent

#893FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BDA

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

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