#499AB2#499AB2

#499AB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.086 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AB2
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 178)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 13.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -17.54, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 26.56, 228.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0661 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.086 220)
XYZ	xyz(22.3360, 27.7399, 46.2881)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AB2 #B26149

analogous

#49B296 #499AB2 #4966B2

triadic

#499AB2 #B2499A #9AB249

tetradic

#499AB2 #9649B2 #B26149 #66B249

square

#499AB2 #9649B2 #B26149 #66B249

split-complementary

#499AB2 #B24966 #B29649

monochromatic

#254F5B #377487 #499AB2 #73B3C5 #9ECAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#499AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#499AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AB2

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AB2	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B96B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.086 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c9',
    500: '#499ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ab2;
$custom-light: #85b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64517,
    "c": 0.08623,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.27742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AB2

secondary

#C49E93

accent

#7256D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AB2

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

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