#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
RGBrgb(73, 156, 216)
HSLhsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.78, -6.48, -37.97)
CIE-LCHlch(61.78, 38.52, 260.32°)
OKLaboklab(66.72% -0.0547 -0.1071)
OKLCHoklch(66.72% 0.12 242.9)
XYZxyz(27.0261, 30.1484, 69.3474)
Luminance0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##499CD81.002.997.037.03
#FFFFFF2.991.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0321.001.001.00
##0000007.0321.001.001.00

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

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#499CD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva