#499AB7#499AB7

#499AB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.090 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AB7
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 183)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -16.00, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 27.60, 234.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.0641 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.09 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8471, 27.9443, 48.9803)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AB7 #B76649

analogous

#49B79D #499AB7 #4963B7

triadic

#499AB7 #B7499A #9AB749

tetradic

#499AB7 #9D49B7 #B76649 #63B749

square

#499AB7 #9D49B7 #B76649 #63B749

split-complementary

#499AB7 #B74963 #B79D49

monochromatic

#265060 #37758C #499AB7 #75B2C8 #A1CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#499AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#499AB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AB7

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AB7	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A97B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.090 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7cc',
    500: '#499ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ab7;
$custom-light: #86b7cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.818,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64727,
    "c": 0.08962,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AB7

secondary

#C6A295

accent

#7655D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AB7

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

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