#499ED8#499ED8

#499ED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.119 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#499ED8
RGBrgb(73, 158, 216)
HSLhsl(204, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(204, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 26.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.36, -7.60, -37.07)
CIE-LCHlch(62.36, 37.84, 258.41°)
OKLaboklab(67.18% -0.0568 -0.1044)
OKLCHoklch(67.18% 0.119 241.5)
XYZxyz(27.3645, 30.8252, 69.4601)
Luminance0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#499ED8 #D88349
analogous
#49D8CB #499ED8 #4957D8
triadic
#499ED8 #D8499E #9ED849
tetradic
#499ED8 #CB49D8 #D88349 #57D849
square
#499ED8 #CB49D8 #D88349 #57D849
split-complementary
#499ED8 #D84957 #D8CB49
monochromatic
#1D5D89 #2880BC #499ED8 #7BB9E3 #AED4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93
#499ED8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17
#499ED8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499ED8
7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##499ED8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##499ED81.002.937.177.17
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1721.001.001.00
##0000007.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#849FDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7091D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ACB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #499ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.119 241.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abae4',
    500: '#499ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #499ed8;
$custom-light: #8abae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#499ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.336,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67176,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#499ED8
secondary
#DCB9A1
accent
#8440E8
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ED8

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#499ED8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva