#499CD1#499CD1

#499CD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.113 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CD1
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 209)
HSL	hsl(203, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -8.79, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 35.65, 255.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.057 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.113 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1403, 29.7942, 64.6825)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CD1 #D17E49

analogous

#49D1C2 #499CD1 #4958D1

triadic

#499CD1 #D1499C #9CD149

tetradic

#499CD1 #C249D1 #D17E49 #58D149

square

#499CD1 #C249D1 #D17E49 #58D149

split-complementary

#499CD1 #D14958 #D1C249

monochromatic

#205A7F #2D7DB0 #499CD1 #7AB7DD #ABD1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#499CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#499CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CD1

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CD1	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849CD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.113 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9df',
    500: '#499cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cd1;
$custom-light: #89b9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.382,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66376,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CD1

secondary

#D7B59E

accent

#8245E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CD1

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

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