#499DD3#499DD3

#499DD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.114 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DD3
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 211)
HSL	hsl(203, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -8.69, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 36.14, 256.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.0574 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.114 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5580, 30.2308, 66.0509)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DD3 #D37F49

analogous

#49D3C4 #499DD3 #4958D3

triadic

#499DD3 #D3499D #9DD349

tetradic

#499DD3 #C449D3 #D37F49 #58D349

square

#499DD3 #C449D3 #D37F49 #58D349

split-complementary

#499DD3 #D34958 #D3C449

monochromatic

#1F5C82 #2B7EB3 #499DD3 #7AB8DF #ACD2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#499DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#499DD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DD3

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DD3	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849DD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.114 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e0',
    500: '#499dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dd3;
$custom-light: #8ab9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66703,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DD3

secondary

#D9B69F

accent

#8244E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DD3

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

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