#499ED4#499ED4

#499ED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.115 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ED4
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 212)
HSL	hsl(203, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 25.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -8.92, -35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 36.23, 255.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% -0.0581 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.115 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8536, 30.6209, 66.7698)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ED4 #D47F49

analogous

#49D4C4 #499ED4 #4958D4

triadic

#499ED4 #D4499E #9ED449

tetradic

#499ED4 #C449D4 #D47F49 #58D449

square

#499ED4 #C449D4 #D47F49 #58D449

split-complementary

#499ED4 #D44958 #D4C449

monochromatic

#1F5D84 #2B7FB5 #499ED4 #7BB8E0 #ACD3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#499ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#499ED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499ED4

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ED4	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7290D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.115 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abae1',
    500: '#499ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ed4;
$custom-light: #8abae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.309,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66982,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ED4

secondary

#D9B6A0

accent

#8243E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ED4

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

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