#499CC9#499CC9

#499CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.104 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CC9
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -11.40, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 32.65, 249.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66% -0.0597 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.105 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1747, 29.4079, 59.5966)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CC9 #C97649

analogous

#49C9B6 #499CC9 #495CC9

triadic

#499CC9 #C9499C #9CC949

tetradic

#499CC9 #B649C9 #C97649 #5CC949

square

#499CC9 #B649C9 #C97649 #5CC949

split-complementary

#499CC9 #C9495C #C9B649

monochromatic

#235875 #317CA4 #499CC9 #78B6D7 #A7CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#499CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CC9

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CC9	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.104 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9d9',
    500: '#499cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cc9;
$custom-light: #88b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.094,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65999,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CC9

secondary

#D2AF9C

accent

#7E4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CC9

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

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