#499DCC#499DCC

#499DCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.107 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DCC
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 23%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -10.98, -31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 33.48, 250.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0597 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.107 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6995, 29.8874, 61.5295)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DCC #CC7849

analogous

#49CCBA #499DCC #495CCC

triadic

#499DCC #CC499D #9DCC49

tetradic

#499DCC #BA49CC #CC7849 #5CCC49

square

#499DCC #BA49CC #CC7849 #5CCC49

split-complementary

#499DCC #CC495C #CCBA49

monochromatic

#225A79 #2F7DA9 #499DCC #79B7D9 #A9D0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#499DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#499DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DCC

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DCC	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.107 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9db',
    500: '#499dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dcc;
$custom-light: #89b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.527,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66371,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DCC

secondary

#D4B19D

accent

#7F48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DCC

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

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