#499FCD#499FCD

#499FCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.107 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FCD
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -11.76, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 33.36, 249.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0614 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.107 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1610, 30.6178, 62.2769)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FCD #CD7749

analogous

#49CDB9 #499FCD #495DCD

triadic

#499FCD #CD499F #9FCD49

tetradic

#499FCD #B949CD #CD7749 #5DCD49

square

#499FCD #B949CD #CD7749 #5DCD49

split-complementary

#499FCD #CD495D #CDB949

monochromatic

#225B7A #2F7FAA #499FCD #79B8DA #A9D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#499FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#499FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499FCD

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FCD	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.107 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbdc',
    500: '#499fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fcd;
$custom-light: #89bbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.909,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66883,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FCD

secondary

#D5B09D

accent

#7D48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FCD

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

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