#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
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -5.94, -39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 39.94, 261.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0552 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.124 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0207, 31.0877, 72.9164)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##499EDD	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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