#499CD0#499CD0

#499CD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.112 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CD0
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -9.12, -34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 35.26, 255.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0573 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.112 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0169, 29.7448, 64.0325)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CD0 #D07D49

analogous

#49D0C0 #499CD0 #4959D0

triadic

#499CD0 #D0499C #9CD049

tetradic

#499CD0 #C049D0 #D07D49 #59D049

square

#499CD0 #C049D0 #D07D49 #59D049

split-complementary

#499CD0 #D04959 #D0C049

monochromatic

#215A7E #2D7DAF #499CD0 #7AB6DD #AAD1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#499CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#499CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CD0

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CD0	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.112 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9de',
    500: '#499cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cd0;
$custom-light: #89b9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.111,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66328,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CD0

secondary

#D7B49E

accent

#8246E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CD0

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

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