#499DD6#499DD6

#499DD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.117 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DD6
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 214)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -7.70, -36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 37.35, 258.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0564 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.117 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9376, 30.3826, 68.0501)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DD6 #D68249

analogous

#49D6C9 #499DD6 #4957D6

triadic

#499DD6 #D6499D #9DD649

tetradic

#499DD6 #C949D6 #D68249 #57D649

square

#499DD6 #C949D6 #D68249 #57D649

split-complementary

#499DD6 #D64957 #D6C949

monochromatic

#1E5C86 #2A7FB8 #499DD6 #7BB8E1 #ADD3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#499DD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#499DD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DD6

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DD6	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7090D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.117 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e3',
    500: '#499dd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dd6;
$custom-light: #8ab9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66849,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DD6

secondary

#DAB8A0

accent

#8442E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DD6

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

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