#499CDB#499CDB

#499CDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.124 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CDB
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -5.48, -39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 39.80, 262.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0538 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.124 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4175, 30.3050, 71.4086)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CDB #DB8849

analogous

#49DBD1 #499CDB #4953DB

triadic

#499CDB #DB499C #9CDB49

tetradic

#499CDB #D149DB #DB8849 #53DB49

square

#499CDB #D149DB #DB8849 #53DB49

split-complementary

#499CDB #DB4953 #DBD149

monochromatic

#1C5D8E #267EC1 #499CDB #7CB8E5 #AFD4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#499CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#499CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499CDB

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CDB	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.124 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e6',
    500: '#499cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cdb;
$custom-light: #8bb9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.89,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6687,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CDB

secondary

#DDBCA2

accent

#883EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CDB

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

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