#499AAF#499AAF

#499AAF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.084 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AAF
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 175)
HSL	hsl(192, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 12%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -18.45, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 26.07, 224.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0673 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.084 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0380, 27.6207, 44.7191)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AAF #AF5E49

analogous

#49AF91 #499AAF #4967AF

triadic

#499AAF #AF499A #9AAF49

tetradic

#499AAF #9149AF #AF5E49 #67AF49

square

#499AAF #9149AF #AF5E49 #67AF49

split-complementary

#499AAF #AF4967 #AF9149

monochromatic

#254E59 #377484 #499AAF #71B3C4 #9CCAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#499AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#499AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AAF

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AAF	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)

#8C96B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.084 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c7',
    500: '#499aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499aaf;
$custom-light: #85b8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64395,
    "c": 0.08446,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AAF

secondary

#C29B91

accent

#7057D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AAF

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

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