#499BDB#499BDB

#499BDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.124 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BDB
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, -4.91, -39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 40.18, 262.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0528 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.124 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2503, 29.9708, 71.3529)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BDB #DB8949

analogous

#49DBD2 #499BDB #4952DB

triadic

#499BDB #DB499B #9BDB49

tetradic

#499BDB #D249DB #DB8949 #52DB49

square

#499BDB #D249DB #DB8949 #52DB49

split-complementary

#499BDB #DB4952 #DBD249

monochromatic

#1C5C8E #267DC1 #499BDB #7CB7E5 #AFD3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#499BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#499BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BDB

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BDB	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.124 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8e6',
    500: '#499bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bdb;
$custom-light: #8bb8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.301,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66643,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BDB

secondary

#DDBCA2

accent

#893EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BDB

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

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