#499DCD#499DCD

#499DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.108 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DCD
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, -10.65, -32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 33.85, 251.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0594 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.108 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8198, 29.9355, 62.1632)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DCD #CD7949

analogous

#49CDBB #499DCD #495BCD

triadic

#499DCD #CD499D #9DCD49

tetradic

#499DCD #BB49CD #CD7949 #5BCD49

square

#499DCD #BB49CD #CD7949 #5BCD49

split-complementary

#499DCD #CD495B #CDBB49

monochromatic

#225A7A #2F7DAA #499DCD #79B7DA #A9D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#499DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#499DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DCD

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DCD	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.108 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9dc',
    500: '#499dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dcd;
$custom-light: #89b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66418,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DCD

secondary

#D5B19D

accent

#7F48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DCD

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

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