#499CD3#499CD3

#499CD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.115 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CD3
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -8.13, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 36.45, 257.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0563 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.115 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3895, 29.8938, 65.9947)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CD3 #D38049

analogous

#49D3C5 #499CD3 #4957D3

triadic

#499CD3 #D3499C #9CD349

tetradic

#499CD3 #C549D3 #D38049 #57D349

square

#499CD3 #C549D3 #D38049 #57D349

split-complementary

#499CD3 #D34957 #D3C549

monochromatic

#1F5B82 #2B7DB3 #499CD3 #7AB7DF #ACD2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#499CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#499CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CD3

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CD3	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.115 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9e0',
    500: '#499cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cd3;
$custom-light: #89b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.913,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66473,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CD3

secondary

#D9B69F

accent

#8444E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CD3

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

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