#499AAC#499AAC

#499AAC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.083 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AAC
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 172)
HSL	hsl(191, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -19.35, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 25.68, 221.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0685 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.083 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7467, 27.5041, 43.1845)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AAC #AC5B49

analogous

#49AC8C #499AAC #4968AC

triadic

#499AAC #AC499A #9AAC49

tetradic

#499AAC #8C49AC #AC5B49 #68AC49

square

#499AAC #8C49AC #AC5B49 #68AC49

split-complementary

#499AAC #AC4968 #AC8C49

monochromatic

#254D56 #377481 #499AAC #70B3C2 #9BCAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#499AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#499AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AAC

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AAC	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.083 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c4',
    500: '#499aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499aac;
$custom-light: #85b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64274,
    "c": 0.08293,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AAC

secondary

#C19990

accent

#6D58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AAC

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

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