#499ED3#499ED3

#499ED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.114 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ED3
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 211)
HSL	hsl(203, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 25.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, -9.25, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 35.84, 255.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0584 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.114 239)
XYZ	xyz(26.7279, 30.5706, 66.1075)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ED3 #D37E49

analogous

#49D3C3 #499ED3 #4959D3

triadic

#499ED3 #D3499E #9ED349

tetradic

#499ED3 #C349D3 #D37E49 #59D349

square

#499ED3 #C349D3 #D37E49 #59D349

split-complementary

#499ED3 #D34959 #D3C349

monochromatic

#1F5C82 #2B7FB3 #499ED3 #7AB8DF #ACD3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#499ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#499ED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499ED3

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ED3	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7390D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.114 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abae0',
    500: '#499ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ed3;
$custom-light: #8abae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.043,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66934,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.30573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ED3

secondary

#D9B59F

accent

#8144E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ED3

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

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