#499CD2#499CD2

#499CD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.114 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CD2
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(204, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, -8.46, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 36.05, 256.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0567 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.114 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2645, 29.8438, 65.3365)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CD2 #D27F49

analogous

#49D2C4 #499CD2 #4957D2

triadic

#499CD2 #D2499C #9CD249

tetradic

#499CD2 #C449D2 #D27F49 #57D249

square

#499CD2 #C449D2 #D27F49 #57D249

split-complementary

#499CD2 #D24957 #D2C449

monochromatic

#205B81 #2C7DB2 #499CD2 #7AB7DE #ABD1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#499CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#499CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CD2

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CD2	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839CD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.114 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9e0',
    500: '#499cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cd2;
$custom-light: #89b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.65,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66425,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CD2

secondary

#D8B59F

accent

#8344E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CD2

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

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