#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
RGBrgb(73, 157, 216)
HSLhsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 27.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.07, -7.04, -37.52)
CIE-LCHlch(62.07, 38.17, 259.37°)
OKLaboklab(66.95% -0.0558 -0.1057)
OKLCHoklch(66.95% 0.12 242.2)
XYZxyz(27.1946, 30.4854, 69.4035)
Luminance0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##499DD81.002.967.107.10
#FFFFFF2.961.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1021.001.001.00
##0000007.1021.001.001.00

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

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#499DD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva