#499DCA#499DCA

#499DCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.105 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DCA
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 202)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -11.62, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 32.77, 249.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0604 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.105 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4612, 29.7921, 60.2743)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DCA #CA7649

analogous

#49CAB7 #499DCA #495DCA

triadic

#499DCA #CA499D #9DCA49

tetradic

#499DCA #B749CA #CA7649 #5DCA49

square

#499DCA #B749CA #CA7649 #5DCA49

split-complementary

#499DCA #CA495D #CAB749

monochromatic

#225976 #307DA6 #499DCA #78B7D8 #A8D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#499DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#499DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DCA

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DCA	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.105 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9da',
    500: '#499dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dca;
$custom-light: #88b9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66278,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DCA

secondary

#D3AF9C

accent

#7D4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DCA

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

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