#499CD8#499CD8

#499CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.120 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CD8
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -6.48, -37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 38.52, 260.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0547 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.12 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0261, 30.1484, 69.3474)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499CD8 #D88549

analogous

#49D8CD #499CD8 #4955D8

triadic

#499CD8 #D8499C #9CD849

tetradic

#499CD8 #CD49D8 #D88549 #55D849

square

#499CD8 #CD49D8 #D88549 #55D849

split-complementary

#499CD8 #D84955 #D8CD49

monochromatic

#1D5C89 #287EBC #499CD8 #7BB7E3 #AED3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#499CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#499CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499CD8

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CD8	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.120 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e4',
    500: '#499cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cd8;
$custom-light: #8ab9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.175,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66719,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CD8

secondary

#DCBAA1

accent

#8640E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CD8

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

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