#499DCE#499DCE

#499DCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.109 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DCE
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -10.33, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 34.21, 252.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.059 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.109 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9409, 29.9840, 62.8009)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DCE #CE7A49

analogous

#49CEBC #499DCE #495BCE

triadic

#499DCE #CE499D #9DCE49

tetradic

#499DCE #BC49CE #CE7A49 #5BCE49

square

#499DCE #BC49CE #CE7A49 #5BCE49

split-complementary

#499DCE #CE495B #CEBC49

monochromatic

#215A7B #2E7DAC #499DCE #79B7DB #A9D1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#499DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#499DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DCE

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DCE	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.109 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9dd',
    500: '#499dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dce;
$custom-light: #89b9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66465,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DCE

secondary

#D5B29D

accent

#8047E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DCE

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

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