#499EC9#499EC9

#499EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.104 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EC9
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, -12.50, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 32.21, 247.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0618 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.104 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5130, 30.0846, 59.7094)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EC9 #C97449

analogous

#49C9B4 #499EC9 #495EC9

triadic

#499EC9 #C9499E #9EC949

tetradic

#499EC9 #B449C9 #C97449 #5EC949

square

#499EC9 #B449C9 #C97449 #5EC949

split-complementary

#499EC9 #C9495E #C9B449

monochromatic

#235975 #317DA4 #499EC9 #78B7D7 #A7D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#499EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#499EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499EC9

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EC9	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.104 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad9',
    500: '#499ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ec9;
$custom-light: #88bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.156,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66466,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EC9

secondary

#D2AE9C

accent

#7C4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EC9

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

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