#499FC9#499FC9

#499FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.103 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FC9
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -13.04, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 32.01, 245.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.0628 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.103 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6843, 30.4272, 59.7665)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FC9 #C97349

analogous

#49C9B3 #499FC9 #495FC9

triadic

#499FC9 #C9499F #9FC949

tetradic

#499FC9 #B349C9 #C97349 #5FC949

square

#499FC9 #B349C9 #C97349 #5FC949

split-complementary

#499FC9 #C9495F #C9B349

monochromatic

#235A75 #317EA4 #499FC9 #78B8D7 #A7D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#499FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#499FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499FC9

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FC9	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.103 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbd9',
    500: '#499fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fc9;
$custom-light: #88bbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.688,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66699,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FC9

secondary

#D2AD9C

accent

#7B4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FC9

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

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