#499DDA#499DDA

#499DDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.122 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DDA
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 218)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 28%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -6.38, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 39.01, 260.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0551 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.122 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4547, 30.5895, 70.7735)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DDA #DA8649

analogous

#49DACE #499DDA #4955DA

triadic

#499DDA #DA499D #9DDA49

tetradic

#499DDA #CE49DA #DA8649 #55DA49

square

#499DDA #CE49DA #DA8649 #55DA49

split-complementary

#499DDA #DA4955 #DACE49

monochromatic

#1C5D8C #277FBF #499DDA #7CB8E4 #AFD4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#499DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#499DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DDA

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DDA	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E90D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.122 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e5',
    500: '#499dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dda;
$custom-light: #8bb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.241,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67047,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DDA

secondary

#DDBBA2

accent

#863FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DDA

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

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