#499ED0#499ED0

#499ED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.110 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ED0
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 208)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 24%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -10.23, -33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 34.69, 252.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0594 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.11 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3553, 30.4215, 64.1453)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ED0 #D07B49

analogous

#49D0BE #499ED0 #495BD0

triadic

#499ED0 #D0499E #9ED049

tetradic

#499ED0 #BE49D0 #D07B49 #5BD049

square

#499ED0 #BE49D0 #D07B49 #5BD049

split-complementary

#499ED0 #D0495B #D0BE49

monochromatic

#215B7E #2D7FAF #499ED0 #7AB8DD #AAD2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#499ED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#499ED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499ED0

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ED0	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7490CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.110 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bade',
    500: '#499ed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ed0;
$custom-light: #89bade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66791,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ED0

secondary

#D7B39E

accent

#8046E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ED0

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

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