#499CD9#499CD9

#499CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.121 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#499CD9
RGBrgb(73, 156, 217)
HSLhsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(61.83, -6.14, -38.45)
CIE-LCHlch(61.83, 38.94, 260.92°)
OKLaboklab(66.77% -0.0544 -0.1085)
OKLCHoklch(66.77% 0.121 243.3)
XYZxyz(27.1558, 30.2003, 70.0303)
Luminance0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#499CD9 #D98649
analogous
#49D9CE #499CD9 #4954D9
triadic
#499CD9 #D9499C #9CD949
tetradic
#499CD9 #CE49D9 #D98649 #54D949
square
#499CD9 #CE49D9 #D98649 #54D949
split-complementary
#499CD9 #D94954 #D9CE49
monochromatic
#1D5C8B #287EBD #499CD9 #7CB8E4 #AED3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98
#499CD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04
#499CD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499CD9
7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##499CD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##499CD91.002.987.047.04
#FFFFFF2.981.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0421.001.001.00
##0000007.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#819DDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D8FD8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ABB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #499cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.121 243.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e5',
    500: '#499cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #499cd9;
$custom-light: #8ab9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#499cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.417,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66769,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#499CD9
secondary
#DCBAA2
accent
#873FE8
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CD9

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#499CD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva