#499CD6#499CD6

#499CD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.118 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#499CD6
RGBrgb(73, 156, 214)
HSLhsl(205, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(205, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(61.69, -7.14, -36.99)
CIE-LCHlch(61.69, 37.68, 259.07°)
OKLaboklab(66.62% -0.0554 -0.1042)
OKLCHoklch(66.62% 0.118 242)
XYZxyz(26.7691, 30.0457, 67.9939)
Luminance0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#499CD6 #D68349
analogous
#49D6CA #499CD6 #4956D6
triadic
#499CD6 #D6499C #9CD649
tetradic
#499CD6 #CA49D6 #D68349 #56D649
square
#499CD6 #CA49D6 #D68349 #56D649
split-complementary
#499CD6 #D64956 #D6CA49
monochromatic
#1E5C86 #2A7EB8 #499CD6 #7BB7E1 #ADD2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00
#499CD6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01
#499CD6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499CD6
7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##499CD6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##499CD61.003.007.017.01
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0121.001.001.00
##0000007.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#829DD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E8FD5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AAB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #499cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.118 242.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e3',
    500: '#499cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #499cd6;
$custom-light: #8ab9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#499cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.681,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6662,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.30048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#499CD6
secondary
#DAB8A0
accent
#8542E6
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8083

Preview Lab

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#499CD6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva