#499DD4#499DD4

#499DD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.115 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DD4
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 212)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 25.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -8.36, -35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 36.54, 256.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.057 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.115 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6837, 30.2811, 66.7132)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DD4 #D48049

analogous

#49D4C5 #499DD4 #4957D4

triadic

#499DD4 #D4499D #9DD449

tetradic

#499DD4 #C549D4 #D48049 #57D449

square

#499DD4 #C549D4 #D48049 #57D449

split-complementary

#499DD4 #D44957 #D4C549

monochromatic

#1F5C84 #2B7EB5 #499DD4 #7BB8E0 #ACD2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#499DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#499DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DD4

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DD4	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.115 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e1',
    500: '#499dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dd4;
$custom-light: #8ab9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.741,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66752,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DD4

secondary

#D9B6A0

accent

#8343E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DD4

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

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