#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
RGBrgb(73, 158, 217)
HSLhsl(205, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(205, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(62.40, -7.27, -37.55)
CIE-LCHlch(62.40, 38.25, 259.04°)
OKLaboklab(67.22% -0.0564 -0.1058)
OKLCHoklch(67.22% 0.12 241.9)
XYZxyz(27.4941, 30.8771, 70.1431)
Luminance0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##499ED91.002.937.187.18
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1821.001.001.00
##0000007.1821.001.001.00

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

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#499ED9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva