#499DD9#499DD9

#499DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.121 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DD9
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -6.71, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 38.59, 259.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67% -0.0554 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.121 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3242, 30.5373, 70.0865)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499DD9 #D98549

analogous

#49D9CD #499DD9 #4955D9

triadic

#499DD9 #D9499D #9DD949

tetradic

#499DD9 #CD49D9 #D98549 #55D949

square

#499DD9 #CD49D9 #D98549 #55D949

split-complementary

#499DD9 #D94955 #D9CD49

monochromatic

#1D5D8B #287FBD #499DD9 #7CB8E4 #AED4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#499DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#499DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DD9

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DD9	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E90D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.121 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e5',
    500: '#499dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dd9;
$custom-light: #8ab9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66997,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DD9

secondary

#DCBAA2

accent

#863FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DD9

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

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