#499AB3#499AB3

#499AB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.087 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AB3
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 14%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -17.24, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 26.75, 229.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0657 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.087 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4367, 27.7802, 46.8188)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AB3 #B36249

analogous

#49B397 #499AB3 #4965B3

triadic

#499AB3 #B3499A #9AB349

tetradic

#499AB3 #9749B3 #B36249 #65B349

square

#499AB3 #9749B3 #B36249 #65B349

split-complementary

#499AB3 #B34965 #B39749

monochromatic

#264F5C #377588 #499AB3 #73B2C6 #9FCAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#499AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#499AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AB3

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AB3	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B96B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.087 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c9',
    500: '#499ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ab3;
$custom-light: #85b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.151,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64559,
    "c": 0.08686,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AB3

secondary

#C49F93

accent

#7356D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AB3

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

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