#499DDB#499DDB

#499DDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.123 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DDB
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 219)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -6.04, -38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 39.44, 261.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0548 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.123 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5860, 30.6420, 71.4648)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DDB #DB8749

analogous

#49DBD0 #499DDB #4954DB

triadic

#499DDB #DB499D #9DDB49

tetradic

#499DDB #D049DB #DB8749 #54DB49

square

#499DDB #D049DB #DB8749 #54DB49

split-complementary

#499DDB #DB4954 #DBD049

monochromatic

#1C5D8E #267FC1 #499DDB #7CB9E5 #AFD4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#499DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#499DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DDB

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DDB	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D90DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.123 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e6',
    500: '#499ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ddb;
$custom-light: #8bb9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.479,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67097,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DDB

secondary

#DDBBA2

accent

#873EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DDB

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

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