#499DD5#499DD5

#499DD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.116 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DD5
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 213)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -8.03, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 36.94, 257.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0567 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.116 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8103, 30.3317, 67.3796)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DD5 #D58149

analogous

#49D5C7 #499DD5 #4957D5

triadic

#499DD5 #D5499D #9DD549

tetradic

#499DD5 #C749D5 #D58149 #57D549

square

#499DD5 #C749D5 #D58149 #57D549

split-complementary

#499DD5 #D54957 #D5C749

monochromatic

#1F5C85 #2A7EB7 #499DD5 #7BB8E0 #ACD3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#499DD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#499DD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DD5

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DD5	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7090D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.116 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e2',
    500: '#499dd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dd5;
$custom-light: #8ab9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.668,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DD5

secondary

#DAB7A0

accent

#8442E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DD5

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

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