#499ED9#499ED9

#499ED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.120 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ED9
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -7.27, -37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 38.25, 259.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0564 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.12 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4941, 30.8771, 70.1431)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499ED9 #D98449

analogous

#49D9CC #499ED9 #4956D9

triadic

#499ED9 #D9499E #9ED949

tetradic

#499ED9 #CC49D9 #D98449 #56D949

square

#499ED9 #CC49D9 #D98449 #56D949

split-complementary

#499ED9 #D94956 #D9CC49

monochromatic

#1D5E8B #2880BD #499ED9 #7CB9E4 #AED4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#499ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#499ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499ED9

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ED9	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7091D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.120 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abae5',
    500: '#499ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ed9;
$custom-light: #8abae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.583,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67225,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ED9

secondary

#DCBAA2

accent

#853FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ED9

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

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