#499DD2#499DD2

#499DD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.113 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DD2
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 210)
HSL	hsl(203, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 25.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -9.02, -34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 35.74, 255.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0577 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.113 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4330, 30.1808, 65.3927)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DD2 #D27E49

analogous

#49D2C3 #499DD2 #4958D2

triadic

#499DD2 #D2499D #9DD249

tetradic

#499DD2 #C349D2 #D27E49 #58D249

square

#499DD2 #C349D2 #D27E49 #58D249

split-complementary

#499DD2 #D24958 #D2C349

monochromatic

#205B81 #2C7EB2 #499DD2 #7AB7DE #ABD2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#499DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#499DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DD2

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DD2	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859DD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.113 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9e0',
    500: '#499dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dd2;
$custom-light: #89b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.212,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66655,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DD2

secondary

#D8B59F

accent

#8244E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DD2

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

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