#499DD8#499DD8

#499DD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.120 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DD8
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 27.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, -7.04, -37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 38.17, 259.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.0558 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.12 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1946, 30.4854, 69.4035)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DD8 #D88449

analogous

#49D8CB #499DD8 #4956D8

triadic

#499DD8 #D8499D #9DD849

tetradic

#499DD8 #CB49D8 #D88449 #56D849

square

#499DD8 #CB49D8 #D88449 #56D849

split-complementary

#499DD8 #D84956 #D8CB49

monochromatic

#1D5D89 #287FBC #499DD8 #7BB8E3 #AED3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#499DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#499DD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DD8

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DD8	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F90D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.120 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e4',
    500: '#499dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dd8;
$custom-light: #8ab9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.755,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66948,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DD8

secondary

#DCB9A1

accent

#8540E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DD8

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

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