#499CD7#499CD7

#499CD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.119 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CD7
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -6.81, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 38.10, 259.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0551 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.119 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8972, 30.0969, 68.6686)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CD7 #D78449

analogous

#49D7CB #499CD7 #4955D7

triadic

#499CD7 #D7499C #9CD749

tetradic

#499CD7 #CB49D7 #D78449 #55D749

square

#499CD7 #CB49D7 #D78449 #55D749

split-complementary

#499CD7 #D74955 #D7CB49

monochromatic

#1E5C88 #297EBA #499CD7 #7BB7E2 #ADD3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#499CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#499CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499CD7

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CD7	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.119 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e3',
    500: '#499cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cd7;
$custom-light: #8ab9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.93,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6667,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CD7

secondary

#DBB9A1

accent

#8641E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CD7

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

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