#499FDB#499FDB

#499FDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.121 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FDB
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 219)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -7.17, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 38.74, 259.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0568 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.121 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9271, 31.3243, 71.5785)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FDB #DB8549

analogous

#49DBCE #499FDB #4956DB

triadic

#499FDB #DB499F #9FDB49

tetradic

#499FDB #CE49DB #DB8549 #56DB49

square

#499FDB #CE49DB #DB8549 #56DB49

split-complementary

#499FDB #DB4956 #DBCE49

monochromatic

#1C5F8E #2681C1 #499FDB #7CBAE5 #AFD5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#499FDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#499FDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499FDB

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FDB	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7092DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.121 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbe6',
    500: '#499fdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fdb;
$custom-light: #8bbbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.658,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67553,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FDB

secondary

#DDBBA2

accent

#853EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FDB

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

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