#499ABA#499ABA

#499ABA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.092 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ABA
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -15.07, -24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 28.34, 237.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.063 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.092 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1627, 28.0706, 50.6423)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ABA #BA6949

analogous

#49BAA1 #499ABA #4961BA

triadic

#499ABA #BA499A #9ABA49

tetradic

#499ABA #A149BA #BA6949 #61BA49

square

#499ABA #A149BA #BA6949 #61BA49

split-complementary

#499ABA #BA4961 #BAA149

monochromatic

#265263 #36768F #499ABA #75B3CB #A2CBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#499ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#499ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499ABA

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ABA	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.092 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7ce',
    500: '#499aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499aba;
$custom-light: #86b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.991,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64856,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ABA

secondary

#C8A596

accent

#7853D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ABA

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

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