#499AAE#499AAE

#499AAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.084 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AAE
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -18.75, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 25.93, 223.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0677 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.084 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9402, 27.5815, 44.2037)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AAE #AE5D49

analogous

#49AE8F #499AAE #4967AE

triadic

#499AAE #AE499A #9AAE49

tetradic

#499AAE #8F49AE #AE5D49 #67AE49

square

#499AAE #8F49AE #AE5D49 #67AE49

split-complementary

#499AAE #AE4967 #AE8F49

monochromatic

#254E58 #377483 #499AAE #71B3C3 #9CCAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#499AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#499AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AAE

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AAE	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.084 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c6',
    500: '#499aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499aae;
$custom-light: #85b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.881,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64354,
    "c": 0.08393,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AAE

secondary

#C29B91

accent

#6F57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AAE

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

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