#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
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 26.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -7.60, -37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 37.84, 258.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0568 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.119 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3645, 30.8252, 69.4601)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##499ED8	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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