#499DC8#499DC8

#499DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.103 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DC8
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -12.27, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 32.09, 247.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0611 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.103 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2259, 29.6980, 59.0352)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DC8 #C87449

analogous

#49C8B3 #499DC8 #495DC8

triadic

#499DC8 #C8499D #9DC849

tetradic

#499DC8 #B349C8 #C87449 #5DC849

square

#499DC8 #B349C8 #C87449 #5DC849

split-complementary

#499DC8 #C8495D #C8B349

monochromatic

#235874 #317CA3 #499DC8 #78B6D6 #A7D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#499DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#499DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DC8

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DC8	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.103 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9d9',
    500: '#499dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dc8;
$custom-light: #88b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.315,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66186,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DC8

secondary

#D2AE9B

accent

#7C4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DC8

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

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