#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
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -7.14, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 37.68, 259.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.0554 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.118 242)
XYZ	xyz(26.7691, 30.0457, 67.9939)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##499CD6	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #499CD6

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

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