#499DD7#499DD7

#499DD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.118 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DD7
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 215)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 27%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -7.37, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 37.76, 258.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.0561 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.118 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0657, 30.4339, 68.7247)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DD7 #D78349

analogous

#49D7CA #499DD7 #4956D7

triadic

#499DD7 #D7499D #9DD749

tetradic

#499DD7 #CA49D7 #D78349 #56D749

square

#499DD7 #CA49D7 #D78349 #56D749

split-complementary

#499DD7 #D74956 #D7CA49

monochromatic

#1E5C88 #297FBA #499DD7 #7BB8E2 #ADD3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#499DD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#499DD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DD7

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DD7	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F90D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.118 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e3',
    500: '#499dd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dd7;
$custom-light: #8ab9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.507,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66898,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DD7

secondary

#DBB9A1

accent

#8541E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DD7

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

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