#499DCB#499DCB

#499DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.106 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DCB
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 22.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, -11.30, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 33.12, 250.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.06 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.106 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5800, 29.8396, 60.8999)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DCB #CB7749

analogous

#49CBB8 #499DCB #495CCB

triadic

#499DCB #CB499D #9DCB49

tetradic

#499DCB #B849CB #CB7749 #5CCB49

square

#499DCB #B849CB #CB7749 #5CCB49

split-complementary

#499DCB #CB495C #CBB849

monochromatic

#225977 #307DA7 #499DCB #79B7D9 #A8D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#499DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#499DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DCB

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DCB	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.106 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9db',
    500: '#499dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dcb;
$custom-light: #88b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.231,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66324,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DCB

secondary

#D4B09C

accent

#7E49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DCB

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

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