#499FD8#499FD8

#499FD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.118 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FD8
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -8.16, -36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 37.51, 257.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0578 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.118 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5357, 31.1677, 69.5172)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FD8 #D88249

analogous

#49D8CA #499FD8 #4958D8

triadic

#499FD8 #D8499F #9FD849

tetradic

#499FD8 #CA49D8 #D88249 #58D849

square

#499FD8 #CA49D8 #D88249 #58D849

split-complementary

#499FD8 #D84958 #D8CA49

monochromatic

#1D5E89 #2881BC #499FD8 #7BBAE3 #AED4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#499FD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#499FD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499FD8

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FD8	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7191D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.118 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abbe4',
    500: '#499fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fd8;
$custom-light: #8abbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.916,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67405,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FD8

secondary

#DCB8A1

accent

#8340E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FD8

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

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