#499EDD#499EDD

#499EDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.124 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#499EDD
RGBrgb(73, 158, 221)
HSLhsl(206, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(206, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.58, -5.94, -39.49)
CIE-LCHlch(62.58, 39.94, 261.45°)
OKLaboklab(67.43% -0.0552 -0.1115)
OKLCHoklch(67.43% 0.124 243.6)
XYZxyz(28.0207, 31.0877, 72.9164)
Luminance0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#499EDD #DD8849
analogous
#49DDD2 #499EDD #4954DD
triadic
#499EDD #DD499E #9EDD49
tetradic
#499EDD #D249DD #DD8849 #54DD49
square
#499EDD #D249DD #DD8849 #54DD49
split-complementary
#499EDD #DD4954 #DDD249
monochromatic
#1B5F91 #2580C4 #499EDD #7DB9E7 #B0D5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91
#499EDD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22
#499EDD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499EDD
7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##499EDD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##499EDD1.002.917.227.22
#FFFFFF2.911.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2221.001.001.00
##0000007.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#829FE0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D91DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ADB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #499edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.124 243.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbae8',
    500: '#499edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #499edd;
$custom-light: #8bbae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#499edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.541,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67425,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#499EDD
secondary
#DFBCA3
accent
#873CEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EDD

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