#499ECD#499ECD

#499ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.107 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ECD
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -11.21, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 33.59, 250.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0604 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.107 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9897, 30.2753, 62.2198)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ECD #CD7849

analogous

#49CDBA #499ECD #495CCD

triadic

#499ECD #CD499E #9ECD49

tetradic

#499ECD #BA49CD #CD7849 #5CCD49

square

#499ECD #BA49CD #CD7849 #5CCD49

split-complementary

#499ECD #CD495C #CDBA49

monochromatic

#225B7A #2F7EAA #499ECD #79B8DA #A9D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#499ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#499ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499ECD

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ECD	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.107 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89badc',
    500: '#499ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ecd;
$custom-light: #89badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6665,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ECD

secondary

#D5B19D

accent

#7E48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ECD

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

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