#499DD0#499DD0

#499DD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.111 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DD0
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 208)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 24.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -9.68, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 34.97, 253.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0583 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.111 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1854, 30.0818, 64.0886)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DD0 #D07C49

analogous

#49D0C0 #499DD0 #4959D0

triadic

#499DD0 #D0499D #9DD049

tetradic

#499DD0 #C049D0 #D07C49 #59D049

square

#499DD0 #C049D0 #D07C49 #59D049

split-complementary

#499DD0 #D04959 #D0C049

monochromatic

#215B7E #2D7EAF #499DD0 #7AB7DD #AAD1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#499DD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#499DD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DD0

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DD0	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.111 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9de',
    500: '#499dd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dd0;
$custom-light: #89b9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.667,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66559,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DD0

secondary

#D7B39E

accent

#8146E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DD0

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

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