#499DDD#499DDD

#499DDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.125 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DDD
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -5.37, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 40.30, 262.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0542 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.125 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8508, 30.7479, 72.8598)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DDD #DD8949

analogous

#49DDD3 #499DDD #4953DD

triadic

#499DDD #DD499D #9DDD49

tetradic

#499DDD #D349DD #DD8949 #53DD49

square

#499DDD #D349DD #DD8949 #53DD49

split-complementary

#499DDD #DD4953 #DDD349

monochromatic

#1B5E91 #257FC4 #499DDD #7DB9E7 #B0D5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#499DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#499DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499DDD

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DDD	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C90DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.125 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e8',
    500: '#499ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ddd;
$custom-light: #8bb9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.946,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67198,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DDD

secondary

#DFBDA3

accent

#883CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DDD

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

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