#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
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, -6.14, -38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 38.94, 260.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.0544 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.121 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1558, 30.2003, 70.0303)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##499CD9	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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