#499CD4#499CD4

#499CD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.116 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CD4
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -7.80, -36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 36.85, 257.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.056 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.116 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5153, 29.9441, 66.6570)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CD4 #D48149

analogous

#49D4C7 #499CD4 #4956D4

triadic

#499CD4 #D4499C #9CD449

tetradic

#499CD4 #C749D4 #D48149 #56D449

square

#499CD4 #C749D4 #D48149 #56D449

split-complementary

#499CD4 #D44956 #D4C749

monochromatic

#1F5B84 #2B7DB5 #499CD4 #7BB7E0 #ACD2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#499CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#499CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CD4

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CD4	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.116 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e1',
    500: '#499cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cd4;
$custom-light: #8ab9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.173,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66522,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CD4

secondary

#D9B7A0

accent

#8443E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CD4

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

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