#499ED6#499ED6

#499ED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.117 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ED6
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 214)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 26.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -8.26, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 37.02, 257.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.0574 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.117 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1075, 30.7224, 68.1067)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ED6 #D68149

analogous

#49D6C8 #499ED6 #4958D6

triadic

#499ED6 #D6499E #9ED649

tetradic

#499ED6 #C849D6 #D68149 #58D649

square

#499ED6 #C849D6 #D68149 #58D649

split-complementary

#499ED6 #D64958 #D6C849

monochromatic

#1E5D86 #2A80B8 #499ED6 #7BB9E1 #ADD3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#499ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#499ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499ED6

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ED6	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7190D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.117 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abae3',
    500: '#499ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ed6;
$custom-light: #8abae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.83,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67078,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ED6

secondary

#DAB7A0

accent

#8342E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ED6

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

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